ID: 5080
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1903
Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1862 in Húsavík in Strandasýsla. She died in Winnipeg on January 10, 1903.
Spouse: Albert Jónsson b. May 7, 1858 in Strandasýsla, d. April 8, 1908 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He took the last name Johnson in Canada.
Children: 1. Vésteinn b. 1884 in Strandasýsla 2. Þorsteinn (Thorstein) b. 1893 in Winnipeg 3. Jóna Guðbjörg b. December 17, 1894 in Winnipeg 4. Guðný Jörgína b. 1897.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and the couple lived there the rest of their lives. Albert worked on a streetcar in the city and died in an accident when he tried to help his co-workers in an underpass.