Björn Sigurðsson

ID: 18995
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1944

Björn Sigurðsson was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1868. He died in Oak Point, Manitoba on April 28, 1944.

Spouse: 1891 Jóhanna Antóníusdóttir b. 1860 in S. Múlasýsla, d. January 22, 1945.

Children: 1. Sigþóra (Sara) b. 1892 2. Björn 3. Jónas 4. Elís b. 1898 5. Jóhannes 6. Anna b. 1901 7. Antonius (Eddie) b. 1902, d. 1920. The widow Jóhanna had four children with Þorsteinn Eiríksson: 1. Jón b. 1879 2. Ingveldur b. 1880 3. Margrét b. 1882 4. Sigurður b. July 1, 1885, d. July 2, 1885

Björn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 with his parents, Sigurður Björnsson and Guðfinna Oddsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in the Hnausa Settlement. Björn and Jóhanna were joined in marriage in New Iceland and lived in the Fljóts Settlement, but moved to the Lundar Settlement in 1903. Jóhanna came west to New Iceland in 1888 with her three children and a foster son, Eirík Þorsteinsson, 13 years of age.