Kjerstina Olsdotter was born on October 5, 1854 in Valby, Sweden. She was the youngest of six children. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and made the difficult journey to Utah in 1857, when Kjerstina was only two years old. She died the next year in Cottonwood, Utah, on April 6, 1858. She was only three years old when she passed away.