Steingrímur Grímsson Photo: SÍND
Guðrún Jónsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Steingrímur Grímsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on August 20, 1831. He died in N. Dakota on October 24, 1908.
Spouse: 1860 Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on December 7, 1836, d. 1906.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1862 did not come west 2. Grímur b. 1863 3. Snæbjörn b. 1866 4. Kristín b. 1869 came west in 1885 5. Steinunn Guðrún b. 1871 6. Karítas b. 1875 5 7. Guðmundur b. November 21, 1878 8. Guðrún b. in N. Dakota. Five of their children died in infancy.
They came west to Boston in the United States in 1882 and moved in the same year to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. They lived there with Grímur Þórðarson for four years, but then took land in the Fjalla Settlement in 1886.
The Old Goodman Home – 1905 Back row: Mrs. Kristin (Grimsson) Goodman, Jona Goodman, Gudrun (Sissa) Goodman, Grandma Jardthrudir (Jonsdottir) Goodman, Gudlaug (Lula) Goodman, Grandpa Steingrimur Grimsson, James Kelly, Grandma Gudrun (Jonsdottir) Grimsson, Grimsi Goodman Front row: Rhena Kelly, Mrs. Carrie Kelly, Billy Kelly, Mundi Goodman, Stefan Goodman, Leslie Kelly. Photo Private Collection.