When Johanne Nilsdtr Asbjornsen was born on 26 January 1861, in Hedmark, Norway, her father, Nils Asbjonsen Skrukkerud, was 29 and her mother, Anne Gulbrandsdtr Bergseng, was 25. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Anders Larsen. She died on 18 December 1949, in Osceola, Polk, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Osceola, Polk, Wisconsin, United States.