Stefanía Sigfúsdóttir

ID: 13123
Date of birth : 1851
Date of death : 1929

Stefanía Sigfúsdóttir was born in 1851 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Manitoba on January 22, 1929.

Spouse: 1) Jón Torfason did not come west  2) Björn Jónsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1861.

Children: 1. Jónína b. 1889 2. Einar b. 1891. Stefanía had Ágústa Jónsdóttir with Jón Torfason. They lost five children.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1892 and settled on land in the Lundar settlement in 1894. Kristín Björnsdóttir, Björn’s mother, came west with them. They were accompanied by 16 year-old, Skúli Jónsson.