ID: 12470
Date of birth : 1859
Elín Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir was born on July 20, 1859 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on January 18, 1934.
Spouse: April 23, 1885 Jón Jónasson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 27, 1864, d. June 13, 1938. He took the last name Melsted in the west.
Children: 1. Axel Ingimar b. 1887 2. Albína Kristín Hólmfríður 3. Jón Sigurvin 4. Kristján Lífmann Guðlaugur.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889, took land in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland and named their farm Nýjabæ.