When Barthold Meurling was born on 2 October 1784, in Hägerstad, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Nils Meurling, was 31 and his mother, Hedvig Sofia Lundman, was 36. He married Anna Abrahamsdotter in 1815. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died about 30 December 1838, in Tuna, Kalmar, Sweden, at the age of 54.