Arinbjörn Sigurgeirsson

ID: 5380

Date of birth : 1866

Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla

Date of death : 1951

Arinbjörn Sigurgeirsson

Arinbjörn Sigurgeirsson was born in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 21, 1866. He died in Winnipeg on November 13, 1951. He took the name Bardal in the west.

Spouse: 1) November 5, 1893 Sesselja Þorgeirsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on May 5, 1875, d. in Winnipeg on February 8, 1899 2) June 5, 1900 Margrét Ingibjörg Ólafsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on October 24, 1880.

Children: With Margrét: 1. Amelía Sesselja b. August 17, 1902 2. Njáll Ófeigur b. November 18, 1904 3. Svava b. June 16, 1906 4. Carl Luther b. July 19, 1909 5. Ósk b. July 28, 1910 6. Signý b. January 10, 1912 7. Helga Vigdís b. January 20, 1914 8. Arinbjörn Gerhard b. September 9, 1915 9. Margrét Stefanía b. December 15, 1917 10. Agnes b. August 22, 1921 11. Paul Sigurgeir b. September 3, 1926.

Arinbjörn emigrated west to Winnipeg from Húnavatnssýsla in 1886. Sesselja came west in 1887 with Halldór, Arinbjörn’s brother, as his foster daughter. Margrét Ingibjörg emigrated west with her parents in 1887.