Pasqualina was born in 1881. Pasqualina's father was Luigi Centini and her mother was Nazarena Tortu'. Her paternal grandparents were Filippo Centini and Lucia Fabianeri. She had a brother and a sister, named Angelo and Rosa. She was the oldest of the three children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Nazareno and Luigia.