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Family of Benedikt JÓNSSON and Þorbjörg ÁRNADÓTTIR

Husband: Benedikt JÓNSSON

  • Name:

  • Benedikt JÓNSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1, 1863

  • Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1,2

  • Christening:

  • Mar 1, 1863 (age 0)

  • Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 6-7)

  • Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland3

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Bóndi; Hofi í Hjaltadal, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Emigration:

  • 1887 (age 23-24)

  • from Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland to Canada or USA

  • Death:

  • Aug 4, 1938 (age 75)

  • Íslendingafljótið (the Icelandic River), Manitoba, Canada2

  •  

  • Cause: Drukknaði (drowning)

Wife: Þorbjörg ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Þorbjörg ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Árni SIGURÐSSON (1791-1871)

  • Mother:

  • Sesselja HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR (1834-1915)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 1, 1855

  • Starastaðir, Mælifell, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Christening:

  • Apr 6, 1857 (age 2)

  • Mælifelli í Lýtingsstaðahreppi, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 4-5)

  • Starrastaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 14-15)

  • Enni, Hofssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland5

  •  

  • fósturdóttir,systir bónda, living with Magnús Árnason

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 24-25)

  • yfirsetukona; Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Björn Pálmason

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 24-25)

  • Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland6

  • Occupation:

  • 1890 (age 34-35)

  • bústýra; Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Björn Pálmason

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 34-35)

  • Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland7

  •  

  • shows as being married in the census

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 45-46)

  • Sigfúsarhús, Sauðárkrókur, Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 54-55)

  • Vík, Reynistaðarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland9

  • Occupation:

  • 1920 (age 64-65)

  • Eldhússtörf; Litla Gröf, Staðarhreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • for her daughter

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 64-65)

  • Litla Gröf, Staðarhreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland10

  •  

  • living with daughter Sigríður Benediktsdóttir and her husband

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 74-75)

  • Litlu-Gröf, Glaumbæjarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Sauðárkrók og víðar.

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Húsfreyja; Sauðárkrók og víðar.

  • Death:

  • Apr 11, 1932 (age 77)

  • Iceland2

Child 1: Þóra BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Þóra BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • not KNOWN ( - )

  • Birth:

  • Mar 16, 1884

  • Syðri Brekkur, Hólar í Hjaltadal, Skagafjarðar, Iceland2

  • Christening:

  • Apr 15, 1884 (age 0)

  • Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Emigration:

  • 1887 (age 2-3)

  • from Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland to Canada or USA

  •  

  • went with her father ?

  • Death:

  • Nov 13, 1953 (age 69)

  • USA2

Child 2: Sigríður BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

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Spouse: Arngrímur SIGURÐSSON

  • Name:

  • Sigríður BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Arngrímur SIGURÐSSON (1890-1968)

  • Birth:

  • Jun 9, 1886

  • Hof, Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1,2,11

  • Christening:

  • Jun 20, 1886 (age 0)

  • Hólar í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 3-4)

  • Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland12

  •  

  • with her mother

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 14-15)

  • Sigfúsarhús, Sauðárkrókur, Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 23-24)

  • Vík, Reynistaðarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland9

  •  

  • with her mother (living in outbuilding)

  • Residence:

  • 1948 (age 61-62)

  • Litlu-Gröf á Langholti, Reynistaðarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Aug 4, 1948 (age 62)

  • Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland2,11

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Reynistaðarkirkjugarður (location 11), Sauðárkrókur, Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland11

Note on Husband: Benedikt JÓNSSON

 

Note on Wife: Þorbjörg ÁRNADÓTTIR

 

Sources

1.

Latter Day Saints, Community Trees.

2.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

3.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Hólar, Hólasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

4.

Icelandic Census 1860. Starrastaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

5.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870.

6.

Icelandic Census 1880. Ásgeirsbrekka, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

7.

Icelandic Census 1890. Ásgeirsbrekka, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

8.

Icelandic Census 1901. Sigfúsarhús, Sauðárkrókssókn Sauðárkrókur, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

9.

Icelandic Census 1910. Vík, Reynistaðarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

10.

Icelandic Census 1920. Litla Gröf, Staðarhreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

11.

Gardur.is.

12.

Icelandic Census 1890. Ásgeirsbrekku, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.