When Anders Olofsson was born on 11 September 1824, in Gällaryd, Jönköping, Sweden, his father, Ola Jonsson, was 23 and his mother, Britta Stina Andersdotter, was 18. He married Maja Stina Pehrsdotter on 8 October 1848, in Gällaryd, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 26 September 1857, in Källeryd, Jönköping, Sweden, at the age of 33, and was buried in Källeryd, Jönköping, Sweden.