When Casparra Hermanna Margaretha Nielsdatter was born in June 1781, in Ladby, Kølstrup, Bjerge, Odense, Denmark, her father, Niels Smed, was 39 and her mother, Anna Cathrine Godtfredsdatter, was 44. She married Jeppe Pedersen on 23 January 1807, in Østrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 24 October 1859, in Østrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark, at the age of 78, and was buried in Østrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark.