When Hanna Andersdotter Barkar was born on 17 July 1878, in Pedersöre, Vaasa, Finland, her father, Anders Johan Johansson, was 37 and her mother, Brita Henriksdotter Gunn, was 33. She married Johan Viktor Nylund on 14 September 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 10 July 1908, at the age of 29.