Sigríður Brynjólfsdóttir

ID: 6153
Date of birth : 1871
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1918

Sigríður Brynjólfsdóttir was born on January 16, 1871 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on October 7, 1918 in N. Dakota.

Spouse: Kristján Indriðason b. January 15, 1866 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1952 in N. Dakota.

Children: 1. Percival b. 1898, d. 1944 in N. Dakota 2. Magnús Brynjólfur b. March 23, 1899 3. Skafti Þórarinn b. 1901, d. 1988 4. Kristján Brynjólfur b. April 10, 1903 5. Stefán b. June 15, 1906.

Sigríður came west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 with her parents, Brynjólfur Brynjólfsson and Þórunn Ólafsdóttir. They settled in Markland, Nova Scotia in 1875 and moved from there to Duluth, Minnesota in 1881 and lastly to N. Dakota in 1882. Kristján came west in 1876 with his parents, Indriður Sigurðsson and Sigurbjörg Kristjánsdóttir, who settled in New Iceland in Manitoba. He moved south with them to Mountain, N. Dakota before 1880 and farmed in the area the rest of his life.