ID: 4102
Single parent
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on March 25, 1853. She died in Blaine, Washington on January 5, 1952.
Spouse: 1) Sveinbjörn Björnsson d. 1881 2) Jón Jónasson b. 1856 in Dalasýsla.
Children: With Sveinbjörn: 1. Guðbrandur 2. Jón Bjarni 3. Lilja. With Jón, both in the west: 1. Kristbjörg 2. Ragnheiður Jakobína 3. Halldóra Steinunn 4. Jónas Hjörtur 5. Ólína 6. Ingibjörg.
Katrín and Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived there the first year. They moved to the Hallson Settlement in Saskatchewan where they lived until 1906. They then took land near Blaine, Washington.