When Ida Mathilda Anderberg was born on 8 October 1861, in Kronoberg, Sweden, her father, Johan Anderberg, was 29 and her mother, Christina Andersdotter, was 31. She married James Peter Johnson on 8 October 1883, in Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Benton Township, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States for about 15 years. She died on 3 October 1950, at the age of 88, and was buried in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.