Ingibjörg Á Jónsdóttir

ID: 16499
Date of birth : 1878
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1949

Ingibjörg Ágústína Jónsdóttir was born on August 13, 1878 in Dalasýsla. She died on August 19, 1949. She took the last name Hördal in the west.

Spouse: Gunnar B. Björnsson b. August 21, 1872 in N. Múlasýsla, d. September 15, 1957. He took the last name Bjornson in the west.

Children: 1. Edward Hjalmar b. March 18, 1904  2. Kristjan Valdimar b. August 29, 1906 3. Gunnar Bjorn b. June 23, 1908  4. Halldora b. 1910; d. 1910 5. Helga Sigridur b. January 6, 1912 6. Stefania Adalbjorg b. December 28, 1916 7. Jon Henrik b. February 9, 1919

Ingibjörg came west to Winnipeg in 1883 with her parents, Jón Jónsson and Halldóra Baldvinsdóttir. They were there for a while, but then moved to Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan where they stayed until 1890. When daughter Halldóra died there, Jón moved the family back to Winnipeg where Ingibjörg met Gunnar. He had come west with his mother, Kristína Benjamínsdóttir, in 1876. They went to Duluth, Minnesota and from there to Minneota.