Þorbjörg Þorláksdóttir Photo: VÍÆ II
Þorbjörg Þorláksdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on October 26, 1878.
Spouse: 1) May 2, 1904 Jón Vigfússon b. July 17, 1878, d. October 3, 1905. She came west as a widow. 2) 1907 Kristján Sigurðsson b. January 31, 1874 in Árnessýsla, d. in Winnipeg on December 15, 1942.
Children: With Kristján: 1. Solveig Steinunn b. September 10, 1908 2. Agnes b. June 28, 1910 3. Valgerður b. November 13, 1911 4. Jón Kristján b. November 13, 1913 5. Þorsteinn Almar b. June 14, 1916 6. Engilbert b. August 24, 1921.
In Vesturfaraskrá says in pages 285-286 that Þorbjörg came west in 1904 with her husband Kristján Sigurðsson. It would be more accurate to say Engaged Woman, western sources say she married Kristján in 1907. Kristján pursued an educational path, graduating from the Reykjavík School of the Arts in 1893, a degree in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen in 1894, and later a degree in medicine from the Reykjavík Medical School. He came to the West in 1904 and settled in Winnipeg.