Þórunn Bjarnadóttir with sons Jóhannes and Einar about 1890. Photo: Hnausa Reflections
Job Sigurðsson Photo: Hnausa Relections
Job Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1854. He died on April 9, 1945.
Spouse: 1) November 24, 1878 Þórunn Bjarnadóttir b. January 28, 1843 in N. Múlasýsla, d. September 4, 1929. They divorced.
2) Valgerður Þorsteinsdóttir b. July 14, 1859, d. March 20, 1920.
Children: With Þórunn: 1. Einar b. February 16, 1878, d. 1961 2. Jóhannes Tryggvi b. March 18, 1882.
With Valgerður: 1. Jakob (Jake) b. November 9, 1896 2. Magdalena Ingibjörg b. November 11, 1898.
Job came west alone in 1877 to New Iceland. He settled in Breiðuvík in the Hnausa Settlement. Þórunn came west with her man and his son, Gunnar, b. September 16, 1865. She had Jóhannes, b. March 22, 1868 who came west later. She married Einar Þorsteinsson in New Iceland on January 7, 1877. He died a year later. Valgerður was a widow in N. Dakota when she married Job in 1895. Job moved south to Pembina, N. Dakota around 1881 and from there to Mouse River, N. Dakota.