Djurhuus was the fourth son of Johan Christian Djurhuus (1741–1815) and
Maria Rønning (1741–1807). They lived in
Nes, Eysturoy, where his Danish grandfather Christen Djurhuus (1708–1775) was provost. His mother came from
Aust-Agder in Norway. She was reportedly a descendant of Earl
Haakon Sigurdsson. In 1797, he married Jóhanna Maria Jensdóttir from
Kollafjørður, daughter of farmer Jens Didriksen (1710-1771) of Við Sjógv on
Streymoy. Because Jóhanna Maria was his only child, she was sole heiress of the farm. The couple moved to this farm the same year, and it became the cultural centre of the village. Two of his great-grandsons,
Janus Djurhuus (1881-1948) and
Hans Andrias Djurhuus (1883-1953) were among the best known poets of the Faroe Islands. They were also commonly known as the Áarstova brothers (
Áarstovubrøðurnir) after Áarstova, the house in Tórshavn where they grew up. ==References==