Guðbjörg Árnadóttir

ID: 12372
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla

Guðbjörg Árnadóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on September 19, 1867.

Spouse: Metúsalem Sigfússon b. in 1860 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the name Metusalem (Matt) Josephson in the west.

Children: 1. Árni William b. December 1, 1901 2. Aðalbjörg Stefanía (Stella) b. August 12, 1903.

Metúsalem came west to Minnesota in 1893 and Guðbjörg arrived there the same year. Her father Árni Árnason had moved west the year before with his daughter Stefanía and her family. Metúsalem and Guðbjörg lived in Lyon County, near Minneota, but later moved west to British Columbia, near Vancouver.