ID: 9650
Date of birth : 1839
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1903
Sigurbjörn Jóhannsson: Born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1839. He died in 1903.
Spouse: María Jónsdóttir born at Höskuldsstaðir in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1860. She died in 1916.
Children: 1. Jakobína b. 1883 2. Sigurjón b. 1886
They came west in 1889 and lived in the Argyle Settlement with relatives. They did not rent or buy land. Their daughter Jakobína became a well-known western poet. In fact she did not take long to pursue economics because Sigurbjörn was a good economist.