Sigríður Einarsdóttir

ID: 3791
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1935

Sigríður Einarsdóttir was born on October 20, 1868 in Snæfellsnessýsla. She died on December 13, 1935 in Minneota, Minnesota.

Spouse: Eggert Eggertsson b. September 30, 1838 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. October 1, 1930 in Minneota í Minnesota. He took the last name Fjelsted in the west.

Children: 1. Karítas b. 1868 2. Fridfinnur d. at birth 3. Einar d. at birth 4. María b. 1876 d. in childhood 5. Gróa b. 1879 6. Albert b. July 29, 1882 7. Guðbrandur b. 1885 8. Elín (Ella) b. January 26, 1887 9. Sarah b. June 25, 1879.

Eggert and Sigríður came west across the ocean in 1878 with daughters Karítas and María. They settled in Westerheim Township in Lyon County and, in the same year, Eggert bought land there.