This fonds contains documents about Sigríður Þorláksdóttir, who emigrated from Iceland to Canada in 1876 at age 39 with her 56-year-old husband, Björn Jónsson, and 8 children between the ages of 20 and 3. The family later emigrated to the United States.
Original source name : Sigríður Þorláksdóttir (1838-1918) húsfreyja í Vesturheimi
English translation : Sigríður Þorláksdóttir (1838-1918) housewife in the United States
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 2 : personal
Reference number : Lbs 987 NF
Language(s) : Icelandic
Geographical coverage : Iceland, Canada, United States
Time range : 19th-20th c.
Year(s) : 1838-1918
Theme 1 : family
English translation : Sigríður Þorláksdóttir (1838-1918) housewife in the United States
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 2 : personal
Reference number : Lbs 987 NF
Language(s) : Icelandic
Geographical coverage : Iceland, Canada, United States
Time range : 19th-20th c.
Year(s) : 1838-1918
Theme 1 : family
Archive name : Landsbókasafn Íslands—Háskólabókasafn
Archive name (English) : National and University Library of Iceland
Archive address : Arngrímsgötu 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
City : Reykjavík
Country : Iceland
Official website and institutional resources : https://landsbokasafn.is/
Finding aid(s) : https://einkaskjol.is/
Archive name (English) : National and University Library of Iceland
Archive address : Arngrímsgötu 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
City : Reykjavík
Country : Iceland
Official website and institutional resources : https://landsbokasafn.is/
Finding aid(s) : https://einkaskjol.is/