ID: 3944
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1940
Sigurður Pálsson, Sesselja Magnúsdóttir and their daughter, Jóhanna. Photo: Dm
Sesselja Magnúsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on June 1, 1849. She died on November 6, 1940 in the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Sigurður Pálsson b. 1863 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in the Hallson Settlement on November 30, 1935.
Children: 1. Jóhanna d. 1915.
Sesselja came west in 1888 and settled in N. Dakota. There lived Sigurður who had come west with his father, Jóhann Hallsson, in 1876. Jóhann was the first settler in the area that became the Hallson Settlement. Sigurður lived there all his life.