When Lydia Larson was born on 30 June 1888, in Eastlake, Manistee, Michigan, United States, her father, John Larsen, was 42 and her mother, Christine Larson, was 41. She married Frederick Andrew Love on 21 October 1914. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Carlos Township, Douglas, Minnesota, United States for about 22 years and Wisconsin, United States in 1971. In 1910, at the age of 22, her occupation is listed as . She died on 13 August 1971, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Peterson, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States.