Sigurður Jónsson

ID: 13352
Date of birth : 1840
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1899

Sigurður Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 8, 1840. He died in the Fljóts settlement on December 5, 1899.

Spouse: 1. Margrét Einarsdóttir d.in Iceland 2) Hansína Jóhannsdóttir b. May 14, 1856, d. April 21, 1939 in New Westminster, British Columbia.

Children: With Margrét: 1. Sigþrúður b. June 18, 1872 2. Una Þórunn Sivert b. July 8, 1873. With Hansína: 1. Jón b. September 18, 1885 2. Helga b. 1888 3. Guðfinna Hansína b. April 13, 1889 4. Margrét b. December 31, 1891 5. Guðmundur b. 1892, d. September 6, 1893 6.  Sigurlaug Guðríður b. August 10, 1894 7. Gunnar Sigurður b. August 22, 1896.

They came west to Winnipeg in 1893 and moved from there to New Iceland. They settled in the Fljóts settlement. A year after Sigurður’s death, Hansína moved to Winnipeg, where her foster daughters, Sigþrúður and Una, helped her with her children. In 1920, Hansína moved west to the Pacific Ocean.