Snæbjörn Steingrímsson, Anna Jónsdóttir and their children. Photo: SÍND
Snæbjörn Steingrímsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on December 7, 1866. He died in N. Dakota on September 17, 1935. He took the last name Grímsson in the west.
Spouse: December 7, 1890 Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir b. November 25, 1871 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Jón b. June 26, 1891 2. Þórunn b. September 21, 1893, d. April 4, 1895 3. Jóna Guðlaug b. April 12, 1895, d. October 27, 1916 4. Lilja b. April 12, 1898, d. December 29, 1907 5. Steinunn Guðrún b. March 19, 1900, d. January 24, 1937 6. Hallgrímur Franklin b. November 1, 1902 7. Leonard b. November 5, 1904 8. Þórunn (Thorunn) Margrét b. November 29, 1906 8. Steingrímur b. November 5, 1908 9. Lilja b. January 8, 1910, d. 1952 10. Svanhvít Pearl b. May 27, 1911 11. Ólöf Kristín b. August 19, 1914, d. August 11, 1947.
Snæbjörn was the son of Steingrímur Grímsson and Guðrún Jónsdóttir, who came west with their children in 1882. They settled in N. Dakota. Steingrímur lived for a long time in the Icelandic settlement Fjalla in N. Dakota. Anna Margrét’s parents were Jón Jónsson and Guðlaug Halldórsdóttir came west with the children in 1883.