Guðríður Sigbjörnsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla on March 12, 1874. She died in 1962 in Minnesota. She took the last name Hofteig in the west.
Spouse: May 27, 1893 Jóhann Gunnlaugsson b. April 24, 1856 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on January 29, 1942 in Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota. He took the name Johann (John) Gunlogson in the west.
Children: 1. Vilhjálmur (William) b. March 6, 1894 2. Jónína (Nina) b. 1895 3. Stefán (Stephen) b. July 7, 1901 4. Jóhann (John) b. June 8, 1903 5. Alice b. 1917.
Jóhann emigrated west to Minnesota in 1877, a year before his parents, Gunnlaugur Magnússon and Guðfinna Vilhjálmsdóttir, and siblings. He settled in Westerheim Township, not far from Minneota. Guðríður came west a year later with her parents, Sigbjörn Sigurðsson and Steinunn Magnúsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in the same township in Minnesota. Jóhann and Guðríður lived in Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota.