Sesselja Sigurðardóttir

ID: 9674
Date of birth : 1833
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1918

Sesselja Sigurðardóttir was born on August 19, 1833 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in N. Dakota on May 16, 1918.

Spouse: Kristján Jónsson b. July 24, 1831 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. June 27, 1906 in N. Dakota. He took the last name Johnson in the west.

Children: 1. Sigríður b. October 15, 1860 2. Kristjana b. October 4, 1863 3. 4. Jón b. 1868 5. Sigurður, twin b. July 7, 1876  5. Anna b. July 7, 1876.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and moved on to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota. They homesteaded south of Mountain.