Gróa Sigurðardóttir Photo: Heimskringla
Gróa Sigurðardóttur was born in 1864 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in 1940 in Manitoba.
Spouse: November 1, 1892 Skafti Brynjólfur Brynjólfsson b. October 29, 1860 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg on December 21, 1914.
Childless.
Gróa came west to Ontario, Canada in 1873 with her parents, Sigurður Jón Jóhannesson and Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir. She was with them in Markland, Nova Scotia in 1875-1882 after which they moved to Winnipeg. Skafti came west to Canada in 1874 with his parents, Brynjólfur Brynjólsson and Þórunn Ólafsdóttir. They were in Kinmount, Ontario the first year, but then in the fall of 1875 they settled in Markland, Nova Scotia. They moved from there to Duluth, Minnesota in 1881 and then on to Pembina County where his father had bought land between Mountain and Hallson.