Hildur J Sigfúsdóttir

ID: 18864
Born west
Date of birth : 1882
Date of death : 1914

Hildur Jónína Sigfúsdóttir was born in 1882 in Winnipeg. She died in 1914 in Arborg.

Spouse: Jón James Eiríksson b. September 26, 1881 in Minneota, Minnesota, d. in Arborg in 1942. He took the name Jon James Johnson in the west.

Children: 1. Stefán b. July 24, 1910 2. Sigrún Jóhanna b. July 20, 1912.

Hildur Jónína was the daughter of  Sigfúsar Jónsson and Guðrún Hildibrandsdóttir who came west to Manitoba in 1876. She lived with them in New Iceland. Jón grew up in the home of his parents Eiríkur Jónsson and Vilborg Stefánsdóttir in Minneota, Minnesota. From there, the family moved to Duluth and later to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. In 1901, the family moved to  Canada and bought land near Arborg, Manitoba. Jón farmed there and lived the rest of his life there.