ID: 6586
Date of birth : 1883
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Daughters Jóhanna an Lára in Ósland. Photo: MoO
Sigríður Jónsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1883.
Spouse: 1911 Þorleifur Jónasson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1870. He was known as Leifi (Leivy) in Ósland.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg (Imba) 2. Jóhanna 3. Lára.
Þorleifur emigrated west to Manitoba in 1883 with his parents, Jónas Jóhannesson and Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir, and his siblings. They settled in the Víðirnes Settlement at the place called Grenimörk. Sigríður came west to Winnipeg in 1902. They first lived in Winnipeg and then moved west to Prince Rupert, British Columbia in 1914 and a short time later to Ósland.