ID: 13259
Date of birth : 1834
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1914
Stefán Benediktsson, Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir with foster daughter Guðlaug Gísladóttir. Mynd Brot
Stefán Benediktsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on September 4, 1834. He died in New Iceland in 1914.
Spouse: 1) Helga Þórarinsdóttir b. 1823, d. 1879. 2) Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir b. 1847, d. 1936.
Children: With Helga: 1. Þorvarður b. 1859, d. 1944. Stefán and Sigurlaug did not have any children.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and then onward to the Icelandic River Settlement in New Iceland, where they spent the rest of their days.