ID: 13990
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Ísleifur Vernharðsson was born in Árnessýsla in 1857.
Spouse: Sigríður Einarsdóttir b. June 3, 1857 in Árnessýsla, d. November 10, 1937.
Children: 1. Sigríður Sigurlína b. July 3, 1881, d. August 7, 1881 2. Albert Guðmundur b. in Glasston, May 7, 1895, d. October 8, 1970 3. Konráð Vilhjálmur b. October 26, 1897. Ísleifur had a daughter, Maja, b. April 30, who died shortly after birth. Other children were born, but information is missing.
They emigrated west to N. Dakota in 1887 and first lived with friends in the Akra Settlement. They moved to Glasston where Ísleifur worked in a store. He was also hired as an interpreter for newly arrived Icelanders to America. They later moved to Mountain.