When Ole Jensen was born about 1830, in Volstrup, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Jens Christensen, was 19 and his mother, Grethe Pedersdatter, was 17. He married Giertrud Larsdatter Nielsdatter in 1860. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Byrum, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark in 1870 and Hals, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark in 1890. He died on 3 November 1895, in Hals, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 65, and was buried in Byrum, Hjørring, Denmark.