Sigvaldi Sigurðsson

ID: 5434
Date of birth : 1881
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1955

Sigvaldi and Guðrún Sigríður in the middle. Sigvaldi’s siblings, Rögnvaldur and Sigurrós on each side. Photo: Hnausa Reflections

Sigvaldi Sigurðsson was born on July 2, 1881 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died on July 8, 1955. He took the last name Vidal in the west.

Spouse: August 24, 1911 Guðrún Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. February 29, 1892 in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. She died on December 16, 1878.

Children: 1. Solveig 2. Haraldur b. October 25, 1914, d. 1920 3. Victor b. September 15, 1918, d. October 18, 1918 4. Hannes Kristinn 5. Haraldur Victor b. June 21, 1922 6. Grímur Sigurjón 7. Sigurrós Anna 8. Sigurður

Sigvaldi came west with his parents, Sigurður Jónsson and  Kristín Grímsdóttir, who settled in the Hnausa Settlement and where Sigvaldur grew up and lived the longest. Guðrún was the daughter of Jón Jónsson of Þykkvabæ in Rangárvallasýsla and Þórdís S. Guðmundsdóttir of Kumblavík at Langanes.