When Ariel Christian Andersen was born on 30 April 1867, in Denmark, his father, Adam Schroder, was 42 and his mother, Mary Ann Jensen, was 18. He married Mariane Christensen on 21 March 1889, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 5 July 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.