ID: 11495
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1914
Sigurveig Árnadóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1888. She died in St. Peter, Minnesota on March 7, 1914.
Spouse: Jón Jónsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1879, d. in Rochester, Minnesota on May 13, 1929. He took the name John William Johnson in the west.
Children: 1. John Elmer b. November 7, 1903 2. Margrét Ruth Sigurbjörg b. September 13, 1905 3. Syril b. January 17, 1914, d. December 29, 1934.
Sigurveig was the daughter of Árni Magnússon and Sigurbjörg Árnadóttir, who later married Jón Eyjólfsson, Jón’s father. Jón came west to Minnesota in 1883 with his parents, Jón Eyjólfsson and María Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir. They settled in Lincoln County and Jón grew up there. Jón and Sigurveig later moved to Minneapolis.