Four Friends in Minneota: Back row: Martha Snorradóttir, Jennie Johnson, and Jóhanna Snorradóttir. Seated is Anna Anderson Photo: Well Connected
Vilborg Jónatansdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on January 7, 1845. She died in Minneota, Minnesota on January 12, 1926.
Spouse: May 18, 1879 Snorri Högnason b. May 13, 1846 in Breiðdal in S. Múlasýsla, d. December 12, 1927 in Minneota.
Children: 1. William b. 1880, d. February 9, 1903 2. Jóhanna Þórunn b. December 21, 1881 d. September 30, 1926 3. Christine Lillie b. June 9, 1883 4. Martha Lizzette b. September 30, 1884 5. Frank Guy Byron b. November 18, 1886
Vilborg emigrated west with her brother, Jón Jónatansson and 1873. They first lived in Wisconsin but later moved to Lyon County in Minnesota. Snorri came west in 1873 and worked in Wisconsin for a farmer for a number of years. In 1876 he moved west and took land in Lyon County in Minnesota. They moved off his land and into Minneota in 1890.