Sigríður Ingibjörg Eiríksdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Sigríður Ingibjörg Eiríksdóttir was born on July 6, 1890 in Winnipeg. She died on September 23, 1944 in Wadena, Saskatchewan.
Spouse: Eymundur Guðvaldsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on June 19, 1878, d. in Elfros in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan on October 31, 1922. He took the name Eymundur G. Jackson in the west.
Children: 1. Þorbjörg b. September 17, 1912 2. Þorvaldur b. December 28, 1913 3. Guðjón b. September 10, 1918 4. Henry Kristinn b. January 8, 1921.
Eymundur came west in 1888 with his parents, Guðvaldur Jónsson and Kristín Þorgrímsdóttir, and his siblings in 1888. They settled in the Sand Hills Settlement in N. Dakota, a short distance from Hensel. They moved to Roseau, Minnesota in 1899 where Eymundur took land by the Roseau River and lived there until 1907. He then moved to the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) and took land near Elfros. Sigríður Ingibjörg’s parents were Eiríkur Sumarliðason from Hvítársíða and Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir from Dragháls in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. They had come west to Winnipeg in 1887.