ID: 5819
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1949
Björg Sigríður Jónsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1862. She died in Manitoba on August 30, 1949.
Spouse: 1888 Björn Árnason b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1856, d. in Manitoba in 1919.
Children: 1. Sigurlaug b. 1889 2. Guðrún Anna b. 1891 3. Guðmundur b. June 17, 1895 4. Halli, died young.
Björn came west alone in 1883 while Björg came west the same year with her mother, Sigurlaug Stefánsdóttir, and sisters to Manitoba, Canada. Björg and Björn lived in Winnipeg but moved to their land in the Víðirnes Settlement in 1905. When Björn died, Björg and her son Guðmundur moved in 1919 to Teulon, Manitoba.