ID: 9687
Date of birth : 1831
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1919
Sigurður Erlendsson Photo: Laxdælir
Sigurður Erlendsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on January 2, 1831. He died on March 31, 1919 in New Iceland.
Spouse: 1) Guðrún Eiríksdóttir b. June 19, 1826, d. May 29, 1900 in New Iceland 2) Þórunn María Magnúsdóttir b. ca 1869 in Húnavatnssýsla.
Children: With Guðrún: 1. Jakobína b. 1857 2. Stefán b. May 28, 1864 3. Jóhannes b. 1869 4. Kristjana b. 1870 5. Sigfús b. 1874. With Þórunn: 1. Sigurður b. October 23, 1901 2. Stefán b. April 11, 1903. 3. Rúna.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. They lived in Mikley and named their land Skógar. Þórunn was not mentally stable and, after 1909, she spent the next 30 years at the mental asylum in Selkirk.