Sigríður Elínborg Jónsdóttir was born in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota on April 7, 1889. She died in Winnipeg on March 16, 1932. She had the name Sigríður E Brandson in the west.
Spouse: June 1, 1911 Ólafur Björnsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on December 28, 1869, d. in Manitoba on October 3, 1937.
Children: 1. Jón Ernest b. June 17, 1915, d. 1916 2. Margrét Anna b. June 17, 1915 3. Winnifred Edith b. March 4, 1924.
Sigríður’s parents were Jón Brandsson and Margrét Guðbrandsdóttir of Dalasýsla. Sigríður grew up in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota but moved to Winnipeg with her brother Guðbrandur (Brandur J. Brandson, physician) and lived in his home until her marriage. She became a teacher and taught for a number of years and was the Fjallkona at Íslendingadagurinn in Winnipeg in 1930. Ólafur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 with his parents and siblings. He was the son of Björn Pétursson and Ólafía Ólafsdóttir. The family settled at Sandy Bar in New Iceland and lived there until 1879. They moved to the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota where Ólafur lived until 1890 when he moved to Winnipeg.