Alma was born on April 17th, 1866. Alma's father was Johannes Olsson and her mother was Katarina Telning. Her maternal grandparents were Nils Telning and Stina Arvidsdotter. She had three brothers and two sisters, named Nils, Magnus, Nn, Lovisa and Ida. She was the second youngest of the six children. She died at 10 months old on February 25th, 1867.