ID: 5963
Date of birth : 1879
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1930
Ingvar Stefánsson was born on November 26, 1879 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in Lyon County in Minnesota on June 11, 1930. He took the name Ivar or Iver Ousman in the west.
Spouse: 1) June 24, 1909 Catherine Donnelly b. March 2o, 1888, d. after childbirth on February 1, 1912 2) Margaret Heinen.
Children: With Catherine: 1. Catherine Rose b. June 21, 1910 2. Magdaleine b. January 8, 1912. With Margaret: 1. Mary Jóhanna b. 1915.
Ingvar came west by sea in 1883 with his parents, Stefán Jónsson and Rósa Kristjánsdóttir, who settled in Lyon County in Minnesota. Ingvar was a farmer and lived there the rest of his life.