When Nils Lindström Åkesson was born on 21 September 1825, in Norrhvidinge, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Åke Palsson Pedrillo, was 32 and his mother, Anna Jönsdotter, was 34. He married Olu Andersdotter on 1 April 1850, in Norrhvidinge, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 14 July 1908, in Billeberga, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 82, and was buried in Billeberga, Malmöhus, Sweden.