Lena was born on December 25th, 1797. Lena's father was Ado and her mother was Madli. Her paternal grandfather was Jaan and her paternal grandmother is ? ?. She had four brothers and a sister, named Friedrich, Peter, Karl, Johann and Sohwie. She was the youngest of the six children. She died at the age of 77 on October 26th, 1875 in Tartumaa, Nõo kk, Luke.