ID: 15643
Date of birth : 1817
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellsýsla
Date of death : 1875
Ragnhildur Stefánsdóttir was born on October 24, 1817 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. She died on May 22, 1875 in Salt Lake City. She took the name Ragnhildur Hansson in Utah.
Spouse: 1) October 6, 1846 Benedikt Hannesson b. July 13, 1818, d. 1860 2) 1862 Lauren M. Vad 3) April 21, 1875 Samuel Turnkey Smith.
Children: With Benedikt: 1. Efraim b. November 6, 1853 2. María b. July 1, 1859. With Lauren M Vad: 1. Alma b. 1863, d. 1864.
Ragnhildur and Benedikt took up the Mormon faith in Iceland in 1851 and then moved to Denmark, where they lived until 1859. They went west to Omaha, Nebraska where Benedikt died. Ragnhildur moved to Utah and lived a long time in Spanish Fork.