When Per Johan Larsson-Spritt was born on 30 March 1846, in Östermyckeläng, Dalarna, Sweden, his father, Lars Pehrsson, was 26 and his mother, Djus-Anna Larsdotter, was 26. He married Christina Margareta Hammarstedt on 19 February 1871, in Dalarna, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 2 December 1873, in his hometown, at the age of 27.