When Elisabeth DUIJM was born on 1 August 1814, in Den Bommel, South Holland, Netherlands, her father, Valentijn Petrusz Duijm, was 34 and her mother, Jannetje Hendriksd Oosterling, was 29. She married Hendrik BRABER on 3 November 1843, in Oude Tonge, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 11 December 1861, in her hometown, at the age of 47.