When Betty Elnora Anderson was born on 18 July 1896, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Gustaf Henry Anderson, was 30 and her mother, Bengta Monson, was 32. She married Orson Alma Olson Nielson on 20 May 1925, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Millville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 22 July 1973, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Millville City Cemetery, Millville, Cache, Utah, United States.