ID: 18898
Born west
Date of birth : 1879
Sigríður Marta Pétursdóttir was born in Minnesota in 1879. She had the name Sigridur Martha Jokull in the west.
Spouse: October 7, 1896 Runólfur Runólfsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1862, d. in Minneapolis in 1947. He took the name Alex Johnson in the west.
Children: 1. William Erwin b. 1897, d. same year 2. Martha Irene b. August 28, 1900 3. Ruth b. September 20, 1902.
Sigríður was the daughter of Pétur Pétursson and Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, who came west in 1878. Runólfur came west with his parents, Runólfur Jónsson and Margrét Bjarnadóttir, in 1877 and first lived with them in Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota.