Sigríður Jónsdóttir

ID: 10238
Date of birth : 1835
Date of death : 1917

Sigríður Jónsdóttir was born on April 20, 1835 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. She died on January 20, 1917 in the Geysir settlement.

Spouse: Sigursteinn Halldórsson b. October 23, 1842 in  Axarfjörður in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. November 19, 1911 in the Geysir settlement.

Children: Sigursteinn and Sigríður did not have children together, but Sigursteinn had a son, Albert b. 1867, with his first wife. The mother was Rannveig Friðfinnsdóttir.

He came west with them in 1876. They took land in Breiðvík in the Hnausa settlement and Sigursteinn named his land Nýjabær. They moved to live with Albert in the Geysir settlement in 1911.