ID: 19216
Born west
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : Garðar
Elín Jóhannesdóttir was born in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1888. She had the last name Melsted in the west.
Spouse: George Scyrup. He was born in Hallson, N. Dakota to a German father, but his mother was Sigurrós (Rósa) Jónatansdóttir Halldórsson of Húnavatnssýsla.
Children: 1. Thelma Sigurrós b. 1910 in N. Dakota 2. Pauline (Polly) b. 1913 3. Bertel b. 1916 4. Theodore b. 1920.
Elín was the daughter of Jóhannes Magnússon and Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Elín and George moved to Vatnabyggð in 1910 and settled on land south of Mozart and lived there for some time. They later sold the land and moved to Wynyard.