Back row: Steve Stephanson (Guðný’s son), stepsons Haraldur and Kjartan Skordal. Front row: Guðný with son Russell, then Steingrímur, Sesselja, and Guðrún. Photo: RbQ
Sesselja Jónsdóttir was born in Rangárvallasýsla in 1874. She died in Wynyard, Saskatchewan in December 1944.
Spouse: March 19, 1901 Steingrímur Jónsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1872, d. in Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1953.
Children: 1. Guðný 2. Guðrún. They took in brothers Harald and Kjartan Indriðason Skordal as foster sons.
Sesselja was the daughter of Jón Sigurðsson and Rannveig Jónsdóttir and was 12 years old in 1886 when she came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with Helgi Árnason and his wife, her mother’s sister, Guðrún Jónsdóttir. Steingrímur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents, Jón Rögnvaldsson and Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir, in 1889. They settled in the Þingvalla Settlement and lived there six years. Then Steingrímur bought land not far from Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the spring of 1904, Steingrímur traveled west and took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and they moved there in 1905.