ID: 9169
Date of birth : 1889
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1953
Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson Axdal Photo: RbQ
Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1889. He died in Saskatchewan in 1953. He took the last name Axdal in the west.
Spouse: Guðrún Kristín Valdimarsdóttir. She was the daughter of Valdimar Gíslason and Guðríður Teitsdóttir.
Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Donna 3. Karólína (Caroline).
Sigurgeir came west across the sea with his parents, Sigurjón Jónsson and Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir, in 1890. They settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Sigurgeir took land not far from Wynyard in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905.