When Deanna Abra was born on 16 January 1847, in Blair, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, her father, William Abra, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Wismer, was 15. She married Benjamin S. Wismer on 17 February 1873, in Preston, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Imlay Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1894 and Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 18 December 1903, at the age of 56, and was buried in Imlay Cemetery, Imlay Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.