ID: 6816
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1940
Ástríður Sigurðardóttir was born in 1862 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. August 13, 1940.
Spouse: Bjarni Árnason b in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859, d. January 17, 1942 in Manitoba.
Children: All born in Iceland 1. Kristján 2. Arnbjörg b. 1893 3. Guðrún b. 1895
They came west across the ocean to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and first lived in Akra, N. Dakota. From there they moved in 1903 to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and lived in the Foam Lake area. They moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1915.