ID: 12213
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1907
Elín Karólína Sigurbjörnsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1865. She died in Minneota, Minnesota on March 3, 1907.
Spouse: 1884 James Francis Hosford b. in Minnesota on November 8, 1859, d. August 28, 1942.
Children: 1. Ida Margaret b. 1885 2. Alvin James b. December 23, 1887 3. Charles b. 1888 4. Jóna (June) b. 1891 5. Bertha b. 1893 6. Martha b. 1895 7. Walter b. May 16, 1897 8. Lois b. March 7, 1899, d. 1980 in California 9. Ethel b. December 11, 1900 10. James Virgil b. December 9, 1904, d. May 6, 1982.
Elín emigrated west to Minnesota with her foster parents, Sigfinnur Pétursson and Sigurbjörg Sigurðardóttir, in 1878. She lived the rest of her life in Lincoln County.