Steinunn Jónsdóttir

ID: 7431
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla

Steinunn Jónsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on April 1, 1874.

Spouse: May 24, 1897 Ingimundur Eiríksson b. at Árnessýsla on August 30, 1864, d. September 17, 1936 in Saskatchewan. He used the family name Inge in the west.

Children: Ingibjörg b. August 7, 1897, d. November 18, 1916 2. Lilja b. December 18, 1898 3. Young Edison b. June 5, 1900, d. January 20, 1952 4. Málfríður b. April 10, 1902, d. February 9, 1953 5. Björg b. August 24, 1905, d. September 16, 1928 6. Gróa Engilráð b. July 26, 1907, d. December 23, 1927 7. Eiríkur Jónas b. September 14, 1909, d. March 29, 1931 8. Þóranna Guðfinna b. December 28, 1912 9. Anna Margrét b. December 12, 1914 10. Jóna Kristín Þórunn b. September 9, 1918.

Ingimundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886. He soon moved from there to the Þingvalla settlement in Saskatchewan and was one of the first homesteaders in the Foam Lake settlement in 1892. He lived there the rest of his life. Steinunn came west alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893.