Ingigerður Ófeigsdóttir

ID: 11833
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla

Ingigerður Ófeigsdóttir was born in 1857 in N. Múlasýsla.

Spouse: Þorsteinn Nikulás Höjgaard was born May 30, 1853 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the last name Hygaard in Canada.

Children: 1. Þorsteinn Elís b. November 2, 1877 2. Nikulás Gunnlaugur b. September 29, 1879 3. John b. 1881 4. Ófeigur b. 1882 5. Kristján b. October 12, 1884 5. Aðalsteinn Franklín b. June 23, 1885 6. Washington b. 1887 7. Þorsteinn Grant Guðmundur b. 1893 8. Joseph David b. 1897.   Ingigerður also had a daughter, Jónína Þorsteinsdóttir, b. 1871.

They came west in 1882 and settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. At the turn of the century, they moved to Selkirk, Manitoba. Þorsteinn was registered as Nikulásson in Iceland.