Þóra Sigurðardóttir

ID: 9473
Date of birth : 1856
Date of death : 1897

Þóra Sigurðardóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 2, 1856. She died in the Argyle settlement in Manitoba on June 14, 1897.

Spouse: Hernit Kristófersson b. at Ytri Neslandir in S. Múlasýsla on July 1, 1850, d. in the Argyle settlement on August 18, 1928.

Children 1. Pétur b. 1881 2. Jón (Sigurjón) b. September 15, 1884 in Argyle 3. Sigurður 4. Jenny.

Hernit and Þóra came west with their son Pétur in 1883 and took land in the Argyle settlement in 1884. In 1906, Hernit moved to the east of the settlement and in 1912 he bought the land south of the lake near the Frelsi church.