Ragnheiður Þórðardóttir

ID: 18855
Born west
Date of birth : 1908
Date of death : 1978

Ragnheiður Þórðardóttir was born on June 27, 1908 in the Lundar Settlement. She died on December 8, 1978 in Manitoba. She took the name Ranka Erickson in the west.

Spouse: 1929 Sigurjón Jónsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on November 15, 1881, d. in the Lundar Settlement on June 29, 1945. He took the last name Erickson in the west.

Children: 1. Wilmar b. February 2, 1931 2. Lloyd b. August 13, 1933 3. Vilhjálmur (William) b. January 22, 1936 4. Jóhann Sigurjón b. September 17, 1938.

Sigurjón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1891, his father arrived there in 1893. They settled in the Lundar Settlement. Ragnheiður was the daughter of Þórður Sigurðsson of Mýrasýsla and his wife, Guðbjörg Sigurjónsdóttir.