ID: 5193
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1930
Benedikt Líndal Sakkeusson was born in 1859 in Húnavatnssýsla. Died in Winnipeg in 1930.
Spouse: December 20, 1890 Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir b. 1857 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg on February 25, 1915.
Children: 1. Kristín b. 1889 2. Þórdís Guðrún b. 1892 3. Kristófer b. 1893, d. 1943 4. Kristín Dorothea b. 1895, d. 1896.
Benedikt came west to Winnipeg in 1887 and settled in the city. Sigurlaug had arrived there in 1883. She had married Gunnlaugur, Benedikt’s brother, who died shortly after arriving in the west. Benedikt and Sigurlaug lived the rest of their lives in Winnipeg.