ID: 5829
Date of birth : 1847
Date of death : 1907
Margrét Stefánsdóttir was born on August 22, 1847 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in Manitoba on October 22, 1907.
Spouse: Björn Stefán Jósefsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on June 17, 1839, d. June 21, 1913 in Winnipeg.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1872 2. Jósef b. November 14, 1873 3. Anna Margrét b. 1875 4. Hallsteinn b. January 29, 1884
They came west to Winnipeg in 1883 and first lived in Gimli in New Iceland. Life’s road led them to N. Dakota, but in 1885 they settled in Selkirk, Manitoba, but ended up in the Hnausa Settlement in New Iceland.