Sigríður Einarsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Sigríður Einarsdóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on September 16, 1884. She died at Betel in Gimli in 1974.
Spouse: August 12, 1909 in Cambridge, England, Guðmundur Árnason b.in Mýrasýsla on April 4, 1880, d. in Lundar, Manitoba on February 24, 1943.
Children: 1. Einar b. June 7, 1910 in Winnipeg 2. Helga b. December 16, 1912 3. Hrefna b. January 16, 1915, d. October 30, 1978.
Sigríður was the daughter of Einar Sæmundsen and Guðrún Magnúsdóttir in Borgarfjörður. Einar came west to Winnipeg in 1885 while Sigríður and her mother arrived in 1890. They moved to New Iceland and Sigríður was there for a while, but then her way was to Winnipeg. Guðmundur moved to Manitoba in 1901 and entered a trade school in Winnipeg, but then turned to theology. He studied at the seminary in Meadville, Pennsylvania from 1904-1908. He received a grant for postgraduate studies and spent a year in Germany. He was employed as a priest in Winnipeg by the Icelandic Unitarian congregation 1909 – 1915. See more about Sigríður in Icelandic Heritage below.