Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir

ID: 2383
Date of birth : 1842

Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir was born at Akranes in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1842.

Spouse: Jón Magnússon b. in Mýrasýsla on September 20, 1842, d. in Manitoba on May 2, 1928. He had the last name Nordal in the west.

Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. 1867 2. Guðrún b. 1870 d. August 15, 1927 3. Þórdís b. 1872 4. Agnes b. 1876 5. Magnús b. November 1, 1878 in Mikley, d. July 29, 1935.

Jón came west with his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in Mikley in New Iceland. He moved to Winnipeg in 1880 and to the Argyle settlement in 1883. He named his farm Mýra which was southwest of Cypress River.  They moved to Glenboro in 1906.