Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Caroline Lucretia Herschel akaberekerwa mutaundi reHanover musi wa16 March 1750. Aive mwana wechisere uye mwanasikana wechina waIssak Herschel, muimbi anozvidzidzisa, nemukadzi wake, Anna Ilse Moritzen. Mhuri yaHerschel yakabva kuPirna muSaxony pedyo neDresden. Issak akava mutungamiriri webhendi muHanoverian Foot Guards, ayo akatanga kubatana nawo muna 1731, uye aive kure nehurumende yake kwenguva yakareba. Akarwara pashure pokunge
Hondo yeDettingen (chikamu cheHondo yeAustria Succession) muna 1743 uye haana kuzombopora zvizere; akatambura nehurongwa husina simba, kurwadziwa kusingaperi, uye asthma kwehupenyu hwake hwose. Mwanasikana wavo mukuru, Sophia, akanga akura namakore gumi namatanhatu, uye musikana bedzi akapona kunze kwaCaroline. Akaroorwa apo Caroline akanga ava namakore mashanu okukura, zvichireva kuti musikana muduku ndiye aipiwa basa guru romumba. Caroline navamwe vana vakagamuchira dzidzo yepamusorosoro, vachidzidza kurava nokunyora uye zvishomanene zvikuru. Baba vake vakaedza kumudzidzisa pamusha, asi zvavaiedza zvaiwanzobudirira nevakomana.