When Christen Jespersen Christensen was born on 10 February 1844, in Byrum, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Christensen Wanderskrog, was 46 and his mother, Karen Christensdatter, was 31. He married Christine Marie Mortensen on 18 February 1877, in Byrum, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark in 1880 and Vesterø, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark for about 35 years. He died on 8 July 1933, in Vesterø, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 89, and was buried in Vesterø, Hjørring, Denmark.