ID: 12007
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1913
Vigfús Jósefsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on May 18, 1830. He died in Minnesota on April 10, 1913.
Spouse: Sigurbjörg Hjálmarsdóttir b. April 6, 1827 in N. Múlasýsla, d. October 23, 1895.
Children: 1. Jósef b. 1855 2. Guðjón b. May 21, 1856 3. Sigurrín b. October 4, 1857 4. Hjálmur b. February 27, 1859 5. Hermann Sifurrín b. July 1, 1860 6. Jóhann Arngrímur b. April 5, 1862 7. Sigríður b. June 27, 1864, d. September 28, 1928. Vigfús also had Regína, b. July 15, 1857, with Kristín Jónsdóttir at Hauksstaðir. Western sources say that Guðjón’s mother was Sigurbjörg Sigurðardóttir.
They came west to Minnesota in 1878 and settled in Lincoln County.