When Kari Eriksdatter Kvislavangen was born on 28 May 1826, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, her father, Erik Torsen Kvislavangen, was 30 and her mother, Kari Tostensdatter Sjøbrenna, was 42. She married Isak Christophersen Bakli on 17 May 1848, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 16 April 1901, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, at the age of 74.