When Leantina E Ekman was born in 1877, in Sweden, her father, Axel Ekman, was 31 and her mother, Anna Laurentia Martini, was 28. She married John Arthur Lake on 25 July 1900, in Roberts, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Wilmot, Roberts, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Lake Township, Roberts, South Dakota, United States in 1920. She died on 29 December 1964, in Minnesota, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Wilmot Cemetery, Wilmot, Roberts, South Dakota, United States.