ID: 17701
Born west
Date of birth : 1895
Place of birth : Foam Lake
Stefanía Ingibjörg Torfadóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on August 25, 1895.
Spouse: November 29, 1916 Þorbergur Jónsson b. June 24, 1893 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Jónína Rósa b. April 16, 1918 2. Jórunn Torfína b. May 1, 1921 3. Irene Jine b. June 6, 1923.
Stefanía was the daughter of Torfi Jónsson and Jórunn Jónsdóttir who came west from N. Múlasýsla in 1894. They settled in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð). Þorbergur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1899 with his mother, Rósa Jónsdóttir, and step-father, Þorsteinn Markússon. They settled in the Lakes Settlement in Saskatchewan. After marriage, Þorbergur bought land near Foam Lake in Vatnabyggð and lived there.