Anna T. Nilsson
Nilsson was born at Toarp manor house in Södra Säm, Västergötland. She was born into a Swedish family. Her dad was Hans Petter Nilsson, who was a textile cottage industry promoter. Her mother was Albertina Juliana. In 1885, Nilsson’s father died and was replaced by a guardian. Her mother then remarried to a relative. Nilsson was the fourth child out of her five siblings, and she was especially close with her older sister Ada Nilsson.