Ester Sigrid Maria Pettersson was born on 12 Mar 1908 in Skottstorp Eggvena as the twelfth child of Svante Pettersson and Emma Mathilda Blom. She had eleven siblings, namely: Albin, Karl Ernst, Johan Arvid, Karl Leander, John Arvid, Karl Leander Nathanael, Anna Emilia, Gustaf Adolf, Hulda* Viktoria Ingeborg, Elon Gunnar, and Elsa Sofia. She died on 14 Feb 2005.