Soffía Vilhjálmsdóttir

ID: 14278
Date of birth : 1834
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla

 

Soffía, Guðjón Gunnlaugur and Gunnar. Photo: Well Connected

Soffía Vilhjálmsdóttir was born on January 15, 1834 in S. Múlasýsla.

Spouse: Jóhannes Sveinsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1832, d. at the home of his son Gunnar in Marietta, Washington on June 8, 1904.

Children: 1. Þorsteinn 2. Vilhjálmur b. 1865 3. Sveinn b. 1866 4. Gunnar b. November 20, 1867 5. Guðjón Gunnlaugur (John G. Holm) b. 1878.

They emigrated west to Minnesota in 1885 and bought land near Minneota. The family moved west to the Pacific coast at the turn of the century.