Sigrún Ólafsdóttir

ID: 17977
Born west
Date of birth : 1883
Date of death : 1913

Sigrún Ólafsdóttir was born in Minneota, Minnesota in 1883. She died in N. Dakota on April 6, 1913.

Spouse: July 14, 1905 Kristinn Kristinsson b. September 28, 1880 in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. He died in Iowa on June 27, 1961. He took the name Rev. Kristinn K. Olafsson in the west.

Children: 1. Erlingur Kristinn b. March 6, 1906  2. Marino Ólafur b. December 28, 1907 3. Páll Theodore b. April 30, 1911, all born in N. Dakota.

Sigrún was the daughter of Guðjón Arngrímsson from Búastaðir in Vopnafjörður and Sigurborg Sigurðardóttr at Egilsstaðir in Vopnafjörður. The family took the last name Anderson in Minnesota. Kristinn was the son of Kristinn Ólafsson and Katrín Ólafsdóttir who came west to Wisconsin in 1873. Kristinn grew up in N. Dakota, got higher education and became a pastor.