When Henrietta Marie Jorgine Hauerslev was born on 4 August 1869, in Hugdrup, Skæve, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Christen Hauerslev, was 35 and her mother, Karen Marie Mikkelsen, was 31. She married Thomas Christensen on 16 October 1891, in Jerslev, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Odder, Hads, Århus, Denmark for about 24 years. She died on 11 June 1932, in Odder, Århus, Denmark, at the age of 62.