ID: 5962
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1957
Sigríður Stefánsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on February 2, 1873. She died in Minnesota on January 20, 1957. She took the name Sarah Ousman in the west.
Spouse: Maurice Alexander Hennessy b. June 10, 1871, d. January 5, 1942.
Children: Harold Richard b. August 12, 1903.
Sigríður came west to America in 1883 with her parents, Stefán Jónsson and Rósa Kristjánsdóttir, who settled in Lyon County in Minnesota. In Iceland, they lived at Ásum in Svínavatnshreppur and, from that, Stefán chose the last name Ásman for his family, Ousman in English. Sigríður and Maurice lived in Two Harbors, Minnesota.