When Anna Dorthea Andersen was born on 27 November 1913, her father, Wilhelm Andersen, was 40 and her mother, Thomine Jensen Sondrup, was 34. She married Henry Pedersen on 15 December 1931, in Farstrup, Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Farstrup, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark for about 9 years. She died on 16 July 1990, at the age of 76.