ID: 9595
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1838
Rakel Sigfúsdóttir was born on June 28, 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in California on December 6, 1938.
Spouse: May 23, 1886 Þorsteinn Oddsson b. in Reykjahverfi in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on December 6, 1864, d. in Los Angeles on August 17, 1934.
Children: 1. Leifur b. 1887, d. 1945 2. Ólöf b. in Selkirk on December 24, 1888 3. Þóroddur b. 1891 4. Laura b. 1893 5. Clara b. 1896 6. Rakel.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and settled in Selkirk. With them were Gunnlaugur, Þortstein’s brother and his wife, and Rakel’s sister, Guðný. Þorsteinn was a carpenter and ran his own shop in the town from 1890-1901. They moved to Winnipeg in 1901 and lived there until they moved to Los Angeles in their senior years.