When Peter Abersold was born before 3 August 1794, in Niederhünigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Ulrich Aebersold, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Burki, was 36. He married Barbara Schueppach on 14 March 1823, in Münsingen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 4 December 1840, in his hometown, at the age of 46, and was buried in Niederhünigen, Bern, Switzerland.