Stefania Aðalbjörg Björnson

1916 - 2008  (91 years)

• Name	Stefania Aðalbjörg Björnson
  Birth	28 Dec 1916	Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Child: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg BJÖRNSON
  Gender	Female
  Marriage Bride	5 Jun 1939	Grace Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F1011] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Bride: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg BJÖRNSON Witness Role: Groom: [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
  Anecdote	Aft 1940	Annapolis, MD, and Athens, OH   [1]
  	Musical and art history expertise
  	Stefania was an expert in art history, with an emphasis on the classical period. She was an accomplished organist as well as composer. She had published musical compositions for organ, piano and orchestra, and served as church organist in both Annapolis, Maryland, and for many years in Athens, Ohio.
  Death Witness	17 Nov 1942	Sheltering Arms Hospital, Athens, Athens Twp., Athens, Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  	Marie Denbow was born dead, due to physician ignorance.
  	Cause: suffocation, pinched umbilical cord
  	Address: Sheltering Arms Hospital
  	Mom told me that she had the signs of preeclampsia, which if they had been recognized by her physician, Dr. Theron H. Morgan, should have resulted in an immediate c-section. This could have saved Marie's life. Witness Role: Principal: [I4935] Marie Denbow Witness Role: Witness: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg Björnson Witness Role: Deceased: [I4935] Marie Denbow
  Death Witness	6 Aug 1994	Doctors North Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [1]
  	Carl H. Denbow died on this date due to lung cancer, though his physician had a disagreement as to whether it was a primary or secondary tumor. He also had cancer in one ureter and in one spot on the brain. The radiologists said that it was very unusual for cancer that spread from the lung to the brain to have just one metastasis in the brain. He thought that this cancer may have started either in the ureter or the brain. The pathologists thought otherwise.
  	Cause: of lung cancer (small cell)
  	Witness Role: Principal: [I1049] Carl Herbert Denbow Witness Role: Witness: [I1] Carl Jón Denbow Witness Role: Witness: [I1050] Carl William Denbow Witness Role: Witness: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg Björnson Witness Role: Witness: [I1177] Heather Michelle Denbow Witness Role: Witness: [I1217] Jennifer Marie Denbow
  Name	Stefania Aðalbjörg Denbow  [1]
  Death	18 Oct 2008	60 Eden Place, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Witness: [I710] Arne Valdimar BRØGGER Witness Role: Informant: [I1] Carl Jón DENBOW
  Burial	22 Oct 2008	West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Asmundur Hallgrímsson,   b. 1820, Iceland   (Great Grandfather)  Sigríður Pálsdóttir,   b. 12 Jul 1822, Iceland d. 21 Aug 1867, Iceland  (Age 45 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I432	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	7 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Gunnar Björn Björnson,   b. 17 Aug 1872, Mássel, near Sleðbrjótur, Jökulsár district, Nordur Mölasysla, Iceland d. 15 Sep 1957, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Ingibjörg Augustine Jónsdóttir,   b. 13 Aug 1878, Hóll, Dalasysla, Hörthudalur, Iceland d. 19 Aug 1949, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1903	Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I4945] Ingibjörg Augustine JÓNSDÓTTIR Witness Role: Groom: [I418] Gunnar Björn BJÖRNSON
  		Afi & Amma Marriage Certificate Media Date: MAR 1903 Keywords: Picture
  		Afi & Amma Wedding Pix (1903) Keywords: Picture
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carl Herbert Denbow,   b. 13 Dec 1911, East Fultonham, Muskingum, Ohio, USA d. 6 Aug 1994, Doctors North Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1939	Grace Luthern Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I432] Stefania Aðalbjörg BJÖRNSON Witness Role: Groom: [I1049] Carl Herbert DENBOW
  Children	1. Marie Denbow,   b. 17 Nov 1942, Athens, Athens Twp., Athens, Ohio, USA d. 17 Nov 1942, Athens, Athens Twp., Athens, Ohio, USA (Age 0 years) + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living
  Family ID	F1011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		mom 1938 passport Caption Note: Stefanai Denbow's 1938 passport photo. Keywords: Picture
  		mom (circa 1943) Caption Note: Stefania Denbow circa 1943. Keywords: Picture
  		Mom's Chest Caption Note: This chest was brought from Iceland in 1872 by the family of Stefania Aðgrimsdottir Jones and given to her name sake, Stefania Björnson Denbow, in 1942. Keywords: Picture
  		Mom's Chest (Bill) Caption Note: This chest was brought from Iceland in 1872 by the family of Stefania Aðgrimsdottir Jones and given to her name sake, Stefania Björnson Denbow, in 1942. Pictured in this photo is Carl William Denbow, Stefania Denbow's grandson. Keywords: Picture

  
  

  Documents		Mom's Wedding Gift List.pdf Caption Note: Mom's Wedding Gift List
  		Stefania B. Denbow DC Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Stefania Aðalbjörg Björnson". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I432&tree=tree1 (accessed June 12, 2026).