When Bertha Merinda " Betsy" Moody was born on 7 September 1880, in Cambridge, Isanti, Minnesota, United States, her father, Eric or Erick Moody, was 24 and her mother, Juliana Kristina Paulsdotter, was 22. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Frank Mattson. She lived in Cambridge Township, Isanti, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and Nessel Township, Chisago, Minnesota, United States in 1920. She died on 18 September 1969, in Rush Point, Chisago, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Rush Point, Chisago, Minnesota, United States.