Elon Gunnar Pettersson was born on 16 Jan 1904 in Skottstorp Eggvena as the tenth child of Svante Pettersson and Emma Mathilda Blom. He had eleven siblings, namely: Albin, Karl Ernst, Johan Arvid, Karl Leander, John Arvid, Karl Leander Nathanael, Anna Emilia, Gustaf Adolf, Hulda* Viktoria Ingeborg, Elsa Sofia, and Ester Sigrid Maria. He died on 06 Feb 1992 in Herrljunga.