Anna Maria Johansdotter was born on 01 Mar 1889 as the third child of Johannes Pettersson and Clara Blom in Fölene, Rakåsa Mellomgården, Sweden. She had six siblings, namely: Amanda Josefina, Hulda Hanna Justina, Karl Henning Sigurd, John Elof, Fritz Erland, and Elsa Linnea. She died on 16 Aug 1906.