When Inger Marie Jensdatter was born on 19 January 1826, in Værslev, Skippinge, Holbæk, Denmark, her father, Jens Nielsen, was 44 and her mother, Maren Jensdatter, was 41. She married Peder Frederik Poulsen on 5 February 1853, in Værslev, Holbæk, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Brovst, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark in 1845. She died on 14 May 1905, in Værslev, Holbæk, Denmark, at the age of 79, and was buried in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States.