Þuríður Benediktsdóttir was born on June 6, 1856 in N. Múlasýsla. She was known as Thury in the west.
Spouse: Sigbjörn Sigurðsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on December 12, 1851, d. in Limestone Township in Lincoln County in Minnesota on November 12, 1898.
Children: 1. Jakobína (Bena) Ágústa b. August 11, 1876 2. Benedikt Sigfús b. September 22, 1878 3. Sigurður b. September 1879 4. Guðrún Karólína b. June 30, 1881 5. Arnór/Árni Benedikt b. 1884, d. August 27, 1889 6. Kristín Sigurbjörg b. April 20, 1885, d. August 9, 1889 7. Einar b. September 16, 1887, d. August 19, 1889 8. Jón Ólafur b. June 3, 1889 9. Einar b. October 30, 1891 10. Kristín Sigurborg b. June 8, 1894 11. Ágúst Pétur b. June 7, 1896. The three children who died in a three-week period in August 1889 died of scarlet fever.
They came west to Minnesota with Sigbjörn’s parents in 1879 and settled in Limestone Township in Lincoln County.