Steinunn Steingrímsdóttir

ID: 2256
Date of birth : 1871
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1946

Steinunn Guðrún Steingrímsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II

Steinunn Guðrún Steingrímsdóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on December 18, 1871. She died on April 6, 1946.

Spouse: Friðrik Friðriksson Reinholt b. Eyjafjarðarsýsla March 7, 1865, d. in N. Dakota on January 27, 1944.

Children: 1. Rebekka b. November 11, 1890 2. Emil b. September 24, 1892 3. Elvira b. September 12, 1894, d. November 3, 1929 4. Frederick b. October 25, 1895 5. Theodore b. October 7, 1897 6. Oscar Ferdinand b. December 15, 1898, d. March 11, 1902 7. Ferdina b. January 29, 1902 8. Paul b. 1904 9. Alexander b. August 4, 1906, d. November, 1906 10. Snorri b. September 17, 1907 11. Vivian b. August 28, 1910 12. Sylvia Guðrún b. September 5, 1915.

Steinunn came west in 1882 with her parents, Steingrímur Grímsson and Guðrún Jónsdóttir. They settled in Pembina County in N. Dakota. Friðrik was a young man when he came to Minneota, Minnesota with his parents and siblings. Life’s road led them to Pembina, N. Dakota and later to the Fjalla Settlement.