When Anton Emilian Andersen Fjorden was born on 6 October 1876, in Å, Meldal Prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, his father, Anders Kornelius Johannesen Fjorden, was 45 and his mother, Rasine Jakobsdatter Stordalstrø, was 31. He married Inga Marie Tomasdatter Sumstad on 28 October 1903. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 2 July 1953, in Roan Prestegjeld, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, at the age of 76, and was buried in Roan, Roan Prestegjeld, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.