When Elisabeth Wahli was born on 13 March 1763, in Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Benedikt Wahli, was 37 and her mother, Barbara Kneubuehler, was 1590. She married Bendicht Soltermann on 1 August 1783, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 25 February 1829, in Dentenberg, Vechigen, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bern, Bern, Switzerland.