When Christiana Boicourt was born on 26 December 1818, in Indiana, United States, her father, Reverend Felix 'Phillipi' Boicourt, was 38 and her mother, Ann Elliott, was 32. She married Bennett Canfield in 1845, in Clark, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 19 February 1897, in Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78.