María Ósk Eiríksdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
María Ósk Eiríksdóttir was born in Reykjavík on August 9, 1891.
Spouse: November 23, 1915 Sigurþór Sigurðsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on June 19, 1888.
Children: 1. Sigurþór b. December 30, 1916 2. Eiríkur Óli b. February 17, 1918, d. in childhood 3. Elísabet b. April 10, 1919 4. Jóhann b. August 1, 1920 5. Þórður Sigurður b. February 28, 1922 6. Guðni Valdimar b. February 29, 1922 7. María Ragnheiður b. June 7, 1923 8. Guðrún Eiríka b. November 15, 1924 9. Barbara Helen b. September 29, 1935.
María was the daughter of Eiríkur Magnússon and Sigrún Magnúsdóttir in Árnessýsla. She came west in 1911, attended school in Winnipeg and worked in retail prior to marriage. Sigurþór was the son of Sigurður Sigurðsson and Ragnheiður Þórðardóttir and came west with them in 1901. He first lived in Lundar and then in Winnipeg. He learned masonry.