Carl Johannson was born in 1835 in Målilla, Kalmar, Sweden. He was married to Eva Marie (?), and they had eight children: Anna, Gustove, John, Louise Elizabeth, Sophia, Carl Emil (b. June 20, 1871), Hilder (b. ci. 1879), and Hugo Einor (b. December 26, 1886). Carl died in 1906, at age 71, in Målilla.