ID: 18930
Date of birth : 1826
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1902
Sigmundur Þorgrímsson was born in 1826 in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla. Died in New Iceland in 1902.
Spouse: October 6, 1848 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir b. 1820, d. 1905.
Children: 1. Halfdán b. 1849 2. Hansína Guðbjörg b. 1850 did not emigrate 3. Sigríður b. 1851, d. 1852 4. Sigurhanna b. 1853, d. 1860 5. Valdimar b. 1854 6. Margrét Sigríður b. 1856.
Sigmundur and Jóhanna emigrated with Benedikt Kristjánsson’s family west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1879 and onwards to New Iceland. They lived in Icelandic River Settlement.