ID: 9520
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
María Jónsdóttir was born at Þverá in Laxárdal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on January 26, 1852.
Spouse: Sigurgeir Pétursson b. April 24, 1853 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in the Siglunes Settlement in Manitoba on December 25, 1933.
Children: 1. Hólmfríður b. 1891 2. Bergljót b. 1892. Sigurgeir had these children with his first wife: 1. Kristjana b. March 21, 1881, d. December 25, 1933 2. Arnþór b. 1883 3. Geirfinnur b. 1885.
He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and later moved to the Siglunes Settlement on Lake Manitoba.