She was born to Anton Peter and Pauline Matilda Hjorth Cramer. She was their 4th child and 2nd daughter.
She married William James Atwood 04 May 1905 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Together they had the following children: James Leo, Laura, Harold LaVar, William Dean, Violet Matilda, Woodrow, Clemont Antone, Sydonia, and Freddie Delon Atwood.