Áslaug Einarsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ V
Áslaug Einarsdóttir was born in the Geysir settlement on May 15, 1888. She died in New Iceland on July 22, 1968.
Spouse: 1913 Svanberg Sigfússon b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 2, 1880, d. in New Iceland on May 14, 1952.
Children: 1. Einar Ingiberg b. November 13, 1907 2. Klara (Clara) Rósbjörg b. June 7, 1909 3. Guðmundur Magnús b. November 6, 1910, d. March 7, 1930 4. Sigfús Björgvin b. March 4, 1918 5. Jónína Lilja b. February 11, 1920 6. Victor Jóhannes b. July 1, 1923, d. December 16, 1943 7. Ingibjörg Viola b. May 15, 1927, d. September 5, 1929 8. Swanlaug b. October 31, 1914.
Áslaug was the daughter of Einar Markússon and Ingibjörg Ögmundsdóttir who came west in 1887 from N. Múlasýsla. Svanberg came west with his parents, Sigfús Jónsson and Björg Jónsdóttir, in 1883. He took land in the Geysir settlement but never lived there. Rather, he moved to his brother Jóhann’s land, rented it, but together they worked it.