Sigtryggur Jónasson and Rannveig Briem Photo IRS
Sigtryggur Jónasson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla February 8, 1852. He died November 27, 1942 in Arborg, Manitoba.
Spouse: June 15, 1876 Rannveig Ólafsdóttir b. August 2, 1853. She died on August 7, 1916.
Children: 1. Foster son Percy Chaloner b. May 21, 1880 2. Rannveig (Rose) Sigríður Taylor b. September, 25, 1877. She was the daughter of Kristmundur Benjamínsson and Sigurlaug Björnsdóttir. Adopted by John Taylor and his wife Elizabeth. She only spent one winter at Möðruvellir. 3. Matthías Einarsson b. 1887, son of Einar Hjörleifsson d. in infancy.
Sigtryggur came west in 1872 and settled in Ontario and moved to New Iceland in 1875. He bought land at Icelandic River and named his farm Möðruvöllur.
They moved to Winnipeg in 1881 and from there to Selkirk a year later. They returned to Winnipeg 1887. In 1912, Sigtryggur bought land in the Framnes Settlement and named it Grashaga.