ID: 4270
Date of birth : 1837
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1906
Steinunn Jónsdóttir Photo: PaB
Steinunn Jónsdóttir was born on July 17, 1837 in Dalasýsla. She died in Winnipeg on April 14, 1906.
Spouse: Benjamín Jónsson b. in Dalasýsla on November 11, 1847, d. in New Iceland on August 19, 1896.
Children: 1. Skúli b. September 4, 1879, d. January 8, 1970 2. Ingveldur Guðný b. April 24, 1881.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and settled in New Iceland. They bought land in Árnes and named it Lækjamót. Steinunn lived for a number of years in New Iceland, but moved to Winnipeg at the beginning of the new century.