Mormon Emigrants from Vestmannaeyar 1851
My ancestors were Icelanders who joined the Mormons in about 1851.Benedikt Hannesson, b. 7/13/1818 and Ragnhildur Stefansdottir, b. 10/18/1817 were the parents of five children.The story in my family is that the parents left their two oldest children in Iceland and traveled first to Denmark and then to Utah.The LDS genealogy website gives the date of death of both Maria Kristin Benediktsdottir, b. 8/7/1845 and Benedikt Benediktsson, b. 9/25/1847 as July 25, 1851.I am interested in the story related to these people.Did they leave relatives behind in Iceland whose descendants may know what happened to the children?Thank you, Susan
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Re: Mormon Emigrants from Vestmannaeyar 1851
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