Snjólaug Jóhannesdóttir was born on April 19, 1848 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on November 2, 1939.
Sposue: 1) Þorlákur Arngrímsson d. in Dýrafjörður in 1871 2) March 26, 1879, (Rev. Páll Þorláksson married them in the Árnes Settlement) Sigurður Sigurbjörnsson b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 18, 1852, d. December 13, 1925.
Children: With Þorlákur 1. Snjólaug Soffía, did not come west 2. Magnús Tryggvi b. 1871. With Sigurður: 1. Sigurjón b. May 22, 1878 in Árnes in New Iceland 2. Friðrika d. in infancy 3. Friðrika b. 1883 4. Friðgeir b. July 31, 1886 5. Sigurbjörn b. October 6, 1892.
Snjólaug came west to New Iceland in 1876 with son Magnús Tryggva, and traveling together with her brother Magnús and his wife, Kristjana Jónsdóttir. They settled in the Árnes Settlement. Snjólaug and Sigurður lived in the same settlement.