When Teckla Josephine Ekman was born on 5 April 1879, in Hörby, Skåne, Sweden, her father, Axel Ekman, was 32 and her mother, Anna Laurentia Martini, was 29. She married Hans Jensen on 28 January 1899, in Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Lund, Malmöhus, Sweden in 1892 and Lake Township, Roberts, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 April 1969, in Roberts, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 90.