Stefanía Daníelsdóttir

ID: 1960
Date of birth : 1884

Stefanía Daníelsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on August 3, 1884. She had the last name Núpdal in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) with marriage.

Spouse: May 6, 1906 Stefán Björnsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1880, d. in Saskatchewan in 1942. He took the last name Núpdalin the west.

Children: 1. Elizabeth b. January 17, 1908 2. Sigríður b. January 22, janúar 1910 3. Anna Ingibjörg b. March 12, 1912, d. July 3, 1943 4. Agnes b. June 21, 1914 5. Björn Sumarliði b. October 20, 1917 6. Daniel Stefán Oakland b. January 26, 1920 7. Valdimar Guðmundur b. June 11, 1922 8. Steinólfur b. October 22, 1926.

Stefanía came to the West with her parents, Daníel Grímsson and Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir, in 1885. They first lived in Garðar, N. Dakota and later in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð). Stefán was the son of Björn Guðmundsson and Agnes Teitsdóttir who came west in 1884.  They took land near Mountain, N. Dakota and there Stefán grew up. He worked as a farmer near Elfros in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð).