Lukka Eðvarðsdóttir

ID: 15039
Date of birth : 1871
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla

Lukka Eðvarðsdóttir was born on February 25, 1875 in S. Múlasýsla. She took the name Electa Edwards in Minnesota.

Spouse: November 13, 1895;  Jón Björnsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on December 6, 1871, d. in Minneota on December 4, 1960. He took name J. B. Gislason in Minnesota.

Children: 1. Harold Miles Hugo b. November 10, 1896 2. Byron Edward b. December 26, 1898 3. Julian Bernard b. October 9, 1900 4. Francis Alexander b. August 28, 1902, d. 1907 5. Cecilia Aðalbjörg b. August 6, 1904 6. William Björn b. September 13, 1906 7. John Frederick Oliver b. November 29, 1910 8. Joseph Helgi b. April 28, 1913 9. Aðalbjörg Lucille b. April 22, 1915 10. George Allen b. August 15, 1917.

Lukka came west in 1878 to Minnesota with her parents, Edvarð Þorleifsson and Sesselja Jónsdóttir, and siblings. Jón came west o Minnesota in 1879 with his parents, Björn Gíslason and Aðalbjörg Jónsdóttir, and siblings. Jón grew up in the Icelandic community in Lyon County and farmed the family land until 1953. He was a member of the Minnesota Congress from 1918 to 1927.