Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir

ID: 10140
Date of birth : 1878
Date of death : 1960

Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir was born on May 2, 1878 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in Winnipeg on July 13, 1960. She had the last name Freeman in the west.

Spouse: August 5, 1898 Sigfús Sigurðsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 19, 1874, d. Oak Point on November 2, 1955.

Children: 1. Kristján Bergþór b. May 12, 1899 2. Kristjón Felix b. January 15, 1901 3. Guðrún Kristjana b. February 16, 1904 4. Jóhannes Wilfred b. May 28, 1905 5. Valdheiður b. September 9, 1906 6. Jónína Anna b. November 7, 1908 7. Franklin Emil b. March 3, 1912 8. Sigrún b. July 24, 1914 9. Sigurlaug Clara b. October 31, 1918.

Sigfús came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents, Sigurður Erlendsson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir, in 1876. They stayed in Gimli for the first year, but then went north to Mikley. Sigurlaug came west with her parents, Jón Frímann Kristjánsson and Kristína Jónsdóttir, in 1889. Sigfús and Sigurlaug moved to the Lundar settlement in 1902 and took land near Otto. They lived there until 1936 when they moved to Oak Point.