Otteline Peterson was born on 24 November 1867, in Hørsted, Hassing, Thisted, Denmark. She married Jacob Baltzar Jacobson on 18 December 1895, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of 1 son and 6 daughters. She died on 2 November 1938, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, at the age of 70, and was buried in Manti Cemetery.