ID: 19096
Born west
Date of birth : 1876
Place of birth : Wisconsin
Pálína Jakobína Guðnadóttir was born in 1876 in Wisconsin.
Spouse: April 15, 1900 Stefán Þorsteinn Jónsson b. June 21, 1873 in N. Múlasýsla, d. March 15, 1947. He took the last name Westdal as did his father, Jón, and signed his name Stefan Th. Westdal.
Children: 1. Alvin b.August 14, 1901 2. Bernard b. March 31, 1904 3. Stephen T. b. August 6, 1906, d. March 25, 1975 4. Paul b. 1909 5. Louise.
Pálína was the daughter of Guðni Stefán Sigurðsson and Sigríður Jóakimsdóttir. Stefán came west with his parents in 1880 and lived in Lyon County in Minnesota until the turn of the century. He studied law in Washington D.C. and moved to Williston, North Dakota in 1908.