Alfreð Sigurjónsson was born in 1882 in Marshall, Minnesota. He died on July 11, 1966 in Lincoln County. He took the name Alfred Swanson.
Spouse: Jóhanna Kristín Pétursdóttir was born in Lincoln County in Minnesota on June 20, 1892. She died on January 15, 1975 in Ivanhoe, Minnesota. She took the name Hannah Christine Gudmundson.
Children: 1. Alfred Raymond b. 1918 2. Carrol Pétur b. February 2, 1920 3. Leslie James b. November 5, 1924 4. Kenneth Lee b. February 2, 1931.
Alfreð’s parents, Sigurjón Svanlaugsson and Elísabet Guðmundsdóttir, came west to Canada in 1875 and settled in Markland, Nova Scotia, naming their land Sólheimar. They moved from there in 1880 to Minnesota and lived in Marshall in Lyon County. Jóhanna’s father, Pétur Guðmundsson, came west to Minnesota in 1878 with his mother Ingibjörg Þorkelsdóttir. Jóhanna’s mother was Guðrún Þóra Pálsdóttir. Jóhanna and Alfreð lived in Lincoln County.