Ingibjörg Snæbjörnsdóttir

ID: 3819
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1960

Ingibjörg Snæbjörnsdóttir was born on April 23, 1861 in Snæfellsnessýsla. She died on October 24, 1960.

Spouse: November 7, 1889 Grímur Þórðarson b. June 16, 1854 in Mýrasýsla, d. April 23, 1911 in N. Dakota. He took the last name Thordarson in the west.

Children: 1. Solveig Sigríður b. December 1, 1890 2. Þórður Valdimar b. November 2, 1892 3. Guðrún b. October 15, 1894 4. Olavia Ruth b. December 2, 1895 5. Þyrí (Thyri) b. July 6, 1898 6. Dorothy b. December 31, 1899 7. Júlía May b. May 3, 1901.

Grímur came west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin along with his parents and siblings. His father, Þórður Árnason, died two months after arriving there.  His mother, Guðrún Grímsdóttir, then went to live with a Norwegian farmer in Dane County near Madison, Wisconsin. They lived there until 1876 but then moved to the Icelandic community in Shawano County and lived there until 1880. They moved to the Garðar settlement in N. Dakota.  Ingibjörg came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her parents in 1883.