ID: 9233
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1950
Benedikt Valdimar Magnússon was born on November 27, 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on May 26, 1950 in N. Dakota. He took the last name Melsted in the west.
Spouse: June 20, 1901 Geirfríður Sigríður Jakobsdóttir b. March 12, 1881 in New Iceland.
Children: 1. Elín Sigríður b. August 31, 1906 2. Björn Benedikt b. December 21, 1909 3. Sigurður Valtýr b. November 23, 1911 4. Haraldur Freeman b. November 2, 1913 5. Sigrún Aðalbjörg b. December 27, 1914 6. Kristján Alvin b. December 6, 1916.
Benedikt came west with his mother, Elín Magnúsdóttir, and siblings in 1876. They moved to New Iceland and from there to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1881. Geirfríður was the daughter of Jakob Kristjánsson and Jónína Einarsdóttir.