ID: 19597
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1943
Málfríður Jónsdóttir was born on May 27, 1863 in Dalasýsla. She died on September 20, 1943.
Spouse: Elís Einarsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1860, d. in N. Dakota in 1923. He took the last name Eastman in the west.
Children: 1. Halldóra 2. Sigríður 3. Elín 4. Philip 5. Ingólfur 6. Brandur.
Elís came west across the sea in 1887 and settled in Grafton, N. Dakota. Málfríður came west alone the same year but her father, Jón Brandsson, had come west in 1878 and settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Elís and Málfríður always lived in Grafton and Elís was involved in many church matters and was active in Icelandic society there.