When Brita Isabella Thollander was born on 22 September 1871, in Sankt Lars, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Carl Thollander, was 48 and her mother, Sofia Carolina Andersson, was 39. She had at least 1 daughter with Frans Erik Gustaf Göthlin. She lived in Hudiksvall, Gävleborg, Sweden in 1900 and Kristinehamn, Värmland, Sweden in 1906. She died on 19 November 1954, at the age of 83, and was buried in Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden.