Sigbjörn Sigbjörnsson

ID: 12453
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1966

Sigbjörn Sigbjörnsson Photo: VÍÆ III

Sigbjörn Sigbjörnsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on May 22, 1874. He died in Manitoba on October 13, 1966.

Spouse: 1905 Anna Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir b. December 3, 1876, d. April 24, 1951 in Manitoba.

Children: 1. Guðrún Hólmfríður b. in Winnipeg on August 7, 1906, d. September 12, 1939 2. Anna Margrét b. in Winnipeg on April 22, 1908 3. Sigurbjörg b. May 1, 1910 in Saskatchewan 4. Guðmundur b. August 25, 1913 in Saskatchewan 5. Gyðríður Stefanía b. May 17, 1915 6. Soffía Jóhanna Solveig b. May 25, 1919.  Anna had Ingvar Hauk Stefánsson b. June 3, 1901 with Stefán Einarsson.

Sigbjörn came west in 1904 with his father and brothers. He settled in Winnipeg and lived there until 1908, moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and lived near Leslie until 1957. He then moved to his daughter Anna in Winnipeg. Anna Sigríður came west with Ingvar Hauk in 1903, together with her sister Jóna. They moved to Winnipeg.