ID: 10387
Date of birth : 1880
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Stefán Árnason Photo: WtW
Þuríður Sigurbjörnsdóttir Photo: WtW
Stefán Árnason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 28, 1880. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: 1908 Þuríður Sigurbjörnsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on May 29, 1877, d. April 22, 1961.
Children: 1. Sigurbjörn b. 1911, d. 1927 2. Kristjana (Jana) b. 1914 3. Hjörtur Leó b. December 10, 1917 4. Guðrún b. December 3, 1920
Stefán came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1903 where he lived until 1913. Then the couple moved to the Lundar Settlement and he took land near Otto. Þóra Jónsdóttir, b. November 30, 1846, moved with them; she had come west in 1892. She lived with them all the time.
Sigurbjörn Stefánsson Photo: WtW