ID: 8675
Date of birth : 1841
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1925
Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir was born on September 1, 1841 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in N. Dakota in 1925.
Spouse: 1861 Jóhann Stefánsson b. January 11, 1830 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. in N. Dakota on December 31, 1891.
Children: 1. Inga b. 1864 2. Jóhannes b. 1867 3. Stefanía Rósa b. 1872 4. Lárus b. 1875 5. Vilhjálmur b. at Hulduárhvammur in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland on November 3, 1879, d. August 26, 1962.
Jóhann Stefánsson and Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir Photo: SÍND
Jóhann came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled on land in the Árnes Settlement which he named Hulduárhvammur. He then took land in the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota in 1881 and named it Tungu. They lived the rest of their lives there.