ID: 18866
Born west
Date of birth : 1878
Date of death : 1956
Halldór Benedikt Sigbjörnsson was born on September 27, 1878 in Minnesota. He died on April 19, 1956 in Westerheim Township in Minnesota. He took the last name Hofteig in the west.
Spouse: December 15, 1915 Kristjana Aðalbjörg Guðmundsdóttir b. February 9, 1897, d. December 14, 1916
Children: 1. Haraldur Cecil b. December 13, 1916 2. Dorothy b. June 14, 1920 3. Betty Beverly d. August 2, 1937 in a car accident.
Halldór was the son of Sigbjörn Sigurðsson and Þuríður Benediktsdóttir of N. Múlasýsla. He grew up in his parents’ house and was a farmer in Westerheim Township, not far from Minneota. Kristjana was the daughter of Guðmundur Gottskálksson and Salína Magnúsdóttir who lived in Lincoln County in Minnesota.