ID: 6883
Date of birth : 1890
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1979
Lilja Erlendsdóttir was born on January 7, 1890 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in 1979 in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Spouse: Sigurður Einarsson b. October 8, 1882 in Minnesota, d. 1965 in N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Marvin b. 1922 2. John b. January 17, 1923 3. Oliver b. 1924 4. Kjartan Frank b. 1926.
Lilja came west in 1900 with her father, Erlendur Gíslason and moved to N. Dakota. She and Sigurður lived in Hallson and in 1930 Erlendur, her father, was living with them. Sigurður grew up in Minnesota, but then lived with his brother Jón at his home in Beaulieu, N. Dakota in 1900; he worked for a farmer in Mountain. After Sigurður’s death, Lilja moved to her son John’s home, who was a doctor in Virginia.