ID: 20174
Born west
Date of birth : 1897
Sigríður Þorleifsdóttir was born in 1897 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: Vigfús Elís Jónsson b. March 27, 1891 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the name Ellis Johnson in the west. He died on October 19, 1960.
Children: 1. Melvin 2. Leifur C. (Jack) 3. Pearl S.
Sigríður was the daughter of Þorleifur Jónsson and Jakobína Jónsdóttir who settled at Point Roberts, Washington in 1898. Vigfús came to the West in 1892 with his parents, Jón Sigvaldason and Sigríður Sæmundsdóttir and they settled in N. Dakota. The road led them north to Pine Valley, Manitoba but in 1906 the family moved to Blaine, Washington. Vigfús lived with them until 1916, there he met Sigríður and they were married soon after. They lived there the rest of their lives.