Jóna Solveig Sigurðardóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Jóna Solveig Sigurðardóttir was born in Mountain, N. Dakota on July 22, 1891. She took the last name Axdal with marriage.
Spouse: August 4, 1912 Þórður Sigurjónsson b. October 6, 1889 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Saskatchewan March 20, 1931. He took the last name Axdal in the west.
Children: 1. Woodrow Lincoln 2. Sigurður Kristinn 3. Sigurjón Hallgeir 4. Helga Stefanía Evelyn 5. Lenora Sesselja 6. Guðrún Aðalbjörg Elmína 7. Anna Pálína Björg 8. Hallgrímur Sigurgeir d. 1926, 4 years old 9. Emily Sigrún 10. Doris Louise 11. May d. 1930, at a few years of age.
Jóna Solveig grew up in N. Dakota with her parents, Sigurður Kráksson and his second wife, Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir. Þórður came west with his parents to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1890. He grew up with them in N. Dakota and moved with them to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907 and took land in the Wynyard area in 1909. Jóna later moved west to Vancouver.