Björg Sigfúsdóttir

ID: 13043
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1966

Björg Sigfúsdóttir was born on May 27, 1873 in N. Múlasýsla. She died on June 15, 1966 in Roseau, Minnesota.

Spouse: Grímur Ólafsson b. 1867 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. in Minnesota in 1938.

Children: 1. Milton b. July 13, 1895 2. Sigfús b. November 1, 1896 3. Ólafur b. July 17, 1898 4. Wilhelm b. October 24, 1900 5. Lára (Laura) Sigurrós b. February 11, 1903 6. Louis b. March 18, 1905 7. Clarence b. May 12, 1907 8. Evelyn b. 1910 9. Alice b. April 30, 1912.

Björg came west in 1879 with her parents, Sigfús Bjarnason and Helga Gunnlaugsdóttir, pioneer settlers in the Hensel Settlement in N. Dakota. Grímur’s parents, Ólafur Ólafsson and Guðrún Halldórsdóttir, came west to Canada in 1876 with their children. They took land in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland but later moved to N. Dakota and lived near Mountain. Grímur and Björg settled in Roseau, Minnesota and took land in Pohlitz Township.