When Ellen Sofie Bendixen was born on 22 August 1838, in Lindelse, Svendborg, Denmark, her father, Bendix Hansen, was 33 and her mother, Bodil Pedersdatter, was 37. She married Carl Agaton Andersen on 5 July 1874, in Lindelse, Svendborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lindelse, Lindelse, Svendborg, Denmark for about 20 years. She died on 28 December 1886, in Hurum, Buskerud, Norway, at the age of 48.