When Heinrich Fresenborg was born on 28 May 1899, in Flachsmeer, Westoverledingen, Leer, Niedersachsen, Germany, his father, Wilhelm Fresenborg, was 42 and his mother, Margaretha, Helena Specken, was 41. He married Dintje Jelting on 1 September 1924, in Flachsmeer, Westoverledingen, Leer, Niedersachsen, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 31 January 1967, in Papenburg, Aschendorf, Hanover, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 67.