 Thure and Margaretta Kumlien had five children (three sons and two daughters), including Augusta Kumlien (1845–1845), Aaron Ludwig Kumlien (1853–1902), Theodore Victor Kumlien (1855–1941), and Frithiof Kumlien (1859–1888).Augusta and Frithiof are buried with their parents.Kumlien trained his son, Ludwig Kumlien, an ornithologist, and also Edward Lee Greene, a botanist.