ID: 6075
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1915
Sigurður Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1845. He died in 1915 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: 1874 Sigríður Dýrleif Brynjólfsdóttir b. 1860 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. 1909
Children: 1. Brynjólfur b. 1875 in Markland, Nova Scotia 2. Þórarinn b. in Markland in 1878 3. Sigurður b. 1883 in N. Dakota 4. Jóhann Skafti b. 1888 in N. Dakota.
Sigurður and Sigríður were married in 1874 and, in the same year, came west to Ontario, Canada. Life’s road took them to Markland, Nova Scotia where they lived until 1881. From there, they moved to Duluth, Minnesota where they lived for one year before moving to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota and taking land north of Mountain.