ID: 10317
Date of birth : 1844
Place of birth : N.Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1918
Rósa Gísladóttir was born on November 20, 1844 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on December 14, 1918 in Minnesota.
Spouse: Sigurbjörn Þorsteinsson b. 1849 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the last name Stone in the west.
Children: 1. Gísli Pétur b. August 4, 1874, d. 1908. 2. Maria b. 1882.
They came west in 1879 and settled near Minneota, Minnesota. Þuríður Árnadóttir, Rósa’s mother, came with them, as did María, Sigurbjörn’s sister. A Minnesota resource says Þuríður was Rósa’ aunt!