ID: 4990
Date of birth : 1859
Date of death : 1954
Rebekka Stefánsdóttir was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on August 10, 1859. She died in Manitoba on 1954.
Spouse: September 10, 1880 Þórður Bjarnason b. 1848 in Ísafjarðarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on July 9, 1933.
Children: 1. Guðrún Sigurfljóð b. 1884 2. Bjarni (Barney) Guðleifur b. April 1, 1888 3. Ragnheiður (Ranka) 4. Stefanía Elín Þóra b. 1899 5. Þórður (Tod) Þorsteinn b. 1902
They came west across the ocean to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 together with Rebekka’s parents, Stefán Sigurðsson and Guðrún Ísleifsdóttir. They were going north to Mikley, but due to Guðrún’s ill health, they settled on land in Árnes in New Iceland.