ID: 19852
Born west
Date of birth : 1896
Place of birth : N. Dakota
Bessie Sigurjóna Maud Þorsteinsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Bessie Sigurjóna Maud Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Milton, N. Dakota on February 25, 1896. She was known as Bessie S. M. Jobin with marriage.
Spouse: Joseph Alfred (Fred) Jobin, an American.
Children: 1. Daníel Alfred b. 1922 2. Robert Edward b. March 24, 1930.
Bessie was the daughter of Þorsteinn Þorláksson and Hlaðgerður Grímsdóttir Laxdal, pioneer settlers in the Þingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota in 1879. Bessie and her husband lived in Oak Park, Michigan and worked in the same tax office there for years, Bessie from 1939 – 1964.