When Gustaf Eriksson was born on 3 December 1864, in Västerfärnebo, Västmanland, Sweden, his father, Eric Andersson, was 39 and his mother, Anna Lisa Andersdotter, was 34. He married Albertina Wilhelmina Burman on 9 April 1898, in Avesta, Kopparberg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Folkärna, Kopparberg, Sweden in 1891 and Avesta, Kopparberg, Sweden in 1895. He died on 5 January 1948, at the age of 83.