When Niels Christian Lauridsen was born on 11 March 1823, in Boddum, Refs, Thisted, Denmark, his father, Laurs Nielsen, was 23 and his mother, Johanne Jensdatter Smed, was 24. He married Lene Nielsdatter on 6 January 1852, in Hvidbjerg, Hvidbjerg, Refs, Thisted, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hvidbjerg, Hvidbjerg, Refs, Thisted, Denmark in 1860 and Lyngs, Refs, Thisted, Denmark in 1870. He died on 23 June 1890, in Hvidbjerg, Refs, Thisted, Denmark, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hvidbjerg, Hvidbjerg, Refs, Thisted, Denmark.