Dýrunn Steinsdóttir Photo: A Century Unfolds
Dýrunn Steinsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on November 30, 1856. She died on January 21, 1953 in New Iceland.
Spouse: 1877 Gísli Árnason b. December 25, 1851 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. April 12, 1917.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. February 14, 1877, d. August 7, 1943 2. Árni (Anderson) b. 1879, d. 1894 3. Steinunn b. April 3, 1882, d. July 31, 1946 4. Björn (Anderson) b. November 3, 1884, d. April 29, 1965 5. Magnús (Gislason) b. May 8, 1887, d. November 25, 1961 6. Halldóra b. December 20, 1890, d. February 18, 1970 7. Árni Helgi b. September 27, 1897.
The family came west in 1883 and first settled in Gimli. They moved from there to Mikley and lived there 14 years without homesteading. From Mikley, Gísli moved to the Ísafold settlement and took the right to land. They moved from there due to floods in 1901 and took land in the Framnes-Árdals settlement and named his farm Víðirhól. Their daughter Steinunn remained in Iceland but came west in 1900.