Steinunn Frímannsdóttir

ID: 7222
Date of birth : 1883
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1963

Steinunn Frímannsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1883. She died in 1963 in the Mouse River Settlement.

Spouse: December 12, 1901 Jón Pétursson b. in Markland, Nova Scotia on January 23, 1878, d. in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota on September 16, 1921. He had the name Jon Peter Hillman in the west.

Children: 1. Snjólaug (Molly) b. January 1, 1903 2. Helga Ólöf (Olive) b. December 26, 1904 3. Pétur b. September 2, 1906, d. March 31, 1972 in N. Dakota 4. Jón (John) Gunnar b, October 21, 1908, d. 1991 5. Sigurður W. b. November 23, 1910 6. Kristófer (Christopher) Jóhannes b. January 30, 1913, d. 2005 in Minneapolis 7. Una E. b. March 11, 1915, d. April 21, 1993.

Steinunn came west to N. Dakota in 1888 with her parents, Rósenkur Frímann Hannesson and Helga Jóhannesdóttir, and siblings. Jón came west from Markland in 1881 with his parents, Pétur Jónsson and Ólöf Kjartansdóttir. They settled in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota.  Jón and Steinunn moved in the spring of 1902 to the Mouse River Settlement and lived there the rest of their lives.