ID: 11986
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1904
Birgitta María Jósefsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 15, 1849. She died on July 29, 1904 in New Iceland.
Spouse: Guttormur Þorsteinsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on August 24, 1838, d. in New Iceland on January 10, 1919.
Children: 1. Jósef b. 1871 2. Björg b. 1873 3. Stefán b. 1877 4. Oddur b. 1878 5. Guttormur b. 1880 6. Björn b. 1883 7. Guðríður b. 1876 8. Guðlaug b. September 23, 1887 9. Einar b. 1890.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and travelled on to Gimli in New Iceland. They lived there three years, then they moved to the Víðirnes Settlement and lived there the rest of their lives.