ID: 7638
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1948
Guðrún Þorbjörg Sigurðardóttir Photo FLNÍ
Sigurður Hannesson Photo FLNÍ
Sigurður Hannesson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 7, 1861. He died in New Iceland on December 14, 1948.
Spouse: October 26, 1895 Þórdís Einarsdóttir b. April 8, 1854 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. December 26, 1946.
Children: 1. Guðrún Þorbjörg b. June 15, 1897. Þórdís earlier gave birth to Egil Bessason b. 1892.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and settled in the Víðirnes Settlement in New Iceland.