ID: 5086
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1899
Herdís’ children: Sigríður, Þóra, Þorsteinn, Jóna and Björn. Photo: RbQ
Herdís Ketilríður Björnsdóttir was born on November 11, 1869 in Strandasýsla. She died in N. Dakota on July 4, 1899.
Spouse: Hans Kristinn Sigurbjörnsson b. 1861 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the last name Hanson in the west.
Children: 1. Þóra d. 1970 2. Jóna d. 1919 3. Sigríður 4. Þorsteinn 5. Björn (Barney) d. March 5, 1970.
Herdís came west in 1883 with her parents, Björn Jósefsson and Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, and siblings. They settled near Mountain, N. Dakota. Herdís and Hans were married there and began farming. Hans emigrated in 1878 with his parents, Sigurbjörn Hansson and Aðalbjörg Jónsdóttir.