ID: 5091
Date of birth : 1839
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1912
Ragnhildur Soffía Jósepsdóttir was born on October 20, 1839 in Snæfellsnessýsla. She died on April 28, 1912 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Jón Jónsson b. in Strandasýsla on August 3, 1844, d. in N. Dakota on March 26, 1924.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1870 2. Jónas b. 1872 3. Jósef b. October 28, 1879 4. Elín b. July 9, 1874
Jón and Ragnhildur came west with Guðrún and Jónas in 1876 and arrived in Winnipeg, Manitoba on August 8. From there they moved to New Iceland and lived there until 1880. They moved to N. Dakota in 1881 and took land in the Thingvalla Settlement.