Daníel Sigurðsson

ID: 3574
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1940

Daníel Sigurðsson Photo: WtW

Kristjana Jörundsdóttir Photo: WtW

Daníel Sigurðsson was born in Mýrasýsla on July 22, 1845. He died in Lundar, Manitoba on May 12, 1940.

Spouse: June 24, 1869 Kristjana Jörundsdóttir b. September 30, 1845 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. November 3, 1933.

Children: 1. Danelía Kristjana b. September 28, 1871, d. August 20, 1934 2. Jörundur Hergeir b. January 12, 1873, d. January 28, 1968 3. Þórður Kristján b. December 27, 1873, d. October 5, 1961 4. Sigurður b. July 12, 1876 5. Margrét Dagbjört b. November 20, 1877 6. Kristín Anna b. May 31, 1879 7. Salóme Sigríður b. June 10, 1881 8. Hjálmur Frímann b. October 12, 1882 9. Jensina Júlía b. July 13, 1884.

Daníel came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his family in 1894. Their daughter Margrét had come west a year earlier and their son Þórður Kristján arrived in 1897. Daníel took land in the Lundar Settlement and lived there the rest of his life.