ID: 10633
Date of birth : 1858
Date of death : 1927
Sigurrós Markúsdóttir was born on October 9, 1858 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on July 19, 1927.
Spouse: Jón Björnsson b. in Þistilfjörður on October 27, 1855 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in New Iceland 1947. He was the brother of Kristján Björnsson. Both took the last name Snæfeld (Snifeld) in the west.
Children: 1. Númi Valdimar b. 1892, d. 1975 2. Soffía Regina b. 1893, d. 1975 3. María Guðný b. 1896, d. 1992.
They came west in 1883 and first lived in Winnipeg. They settled in the Hnausa settlement in 1889 and named their farm Breiðumýri.