Ida was born on September 28th, 1862. Ida'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 Alma. She was the third youngest of the six children. She died at the age of 80 on March 4th, 1943.