Maria was born on May 23rd, 1857. Maria's father was Carl Persson and her mother was Anna Larsdotter. Her paternal grandparents were Per Carlsson and Lisa Hindricksdotter. She had four brothers and two sisters, named Per, Jan, Lars, LARS, Anna and Anna. She was the second oldest of the seven children. She had a half-brother named Johan. She died at the age of 5 on September 19th, 1862.