ID: 12043
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1921
Sigbjörn Ásbjörnsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1846. He died in Manitoba in 1921. He took the last name Benson in Canada.
Spouse: Stefanía Magnúsdóttir b. 1849 in N. Múlasýsla, d. October 22, 1940.
Children: 1. Aðalbjörg b. 1874 2. Sigurbjörg b. 1876 3. Runólfur b. 1879 4. Björn b. 1882, d. November 7, 1918 5. Stefán b. 1884 6. Margrét b. 1886 7. Halldóra b. 1887 8. Jóhann b. 1891. They had 14 children, many died young.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and settled in Selkirk.