When Christian Rasmussen Paystrup was born on 27 December 1881, in Nørre Tranders, Ålborg, Denmark, his father, Jens Christian Paystrup, was 37 and his mother, Karen Kirsten Rasmussen, was 28. He married Hertha Maria Christensen on 21 January 1907, in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States for about 25 years and Levan Election Precinct, Juab, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 5 January 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States.