ID: 19365
Born west
Date of birth : 1881
Place of birth : Nýja Ísland
Geirfríður Sigríður Jakobsdóttir was born on March 12, 1881 in New Iceland.
Spouse: June 20, 1901 Benedikt Valdimar Magnússon b. November 27, 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. May 26, 1950 in N. Dakota. He took the last name Melsted in the west.
Children: 1. Elín Sigríður b. August 31, 1906 2. Björn Benedikt b. December 21, 1909 3. Sigurður Valtýr b. November 23, 1911 4. Haraldur Freeman b. November 2, 1913 5. Sigrún Aðalbjörg b. December 27, 1914 6. Kristján Alvin b. December 6, 1916.
Geirfríður was the daughter of Jakob Kristjánsson and Jónína Einarsdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland. Benedikt came west with his mother, Elín Magnúsdóttir, and siblings in 1876. They moved to New Iceland, then to the Garðar settlement in N. Dakota in 1881.