When Ida Wilhelmiina Hiironen was born on 6 April 1869, in Finland, her father, Johan Mattsson Hiironen, was 34 and her mother, Maija Liisa Johansson, was 32. She married Eerik Kustaa Hartikka on 12 May 1892. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Saarijärvi, Vaasa, Finland in 1860. She died on 24 September 1932, in Äänekoski, Finland, at the age of 63.