When Emma Sophia Forslund was born on 17 August 1855, in Strengnäs, Södermanland, Sweden, her father, Anders Gustaf Forslund, was 26 and her mother, Anna Sofia Lannquist, was 20. She married John Axel Allen about 1886. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1883 and lived in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 27 December 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.