When Kirsten Hansdatter was born on 26 August 1806, in Måløv, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Hans Jørgensen, was 28 and her mother, Inger Sørensdatter, was 32. She married Peder Christian Hurup about 1825, in Torslunde, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ishøj, Smørum, Copenhagen, Denmark for about 16 years. She died on 6 July 1888, in Ishøj, Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of 81.