Andrés Skagfeld Photo WtW
Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir Photo WtW
Andrés Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 27, 1855. He died in Manitoba on July 21, 1938. He took the name Skagfeld in the west.
Spouse: 1) Kristín Ingveldur Jónsdóttir b. 1854 2) Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1860, d. November 12, 1929.
Children: With Kristín: 1. Guðrún b. 1880. With Steinunn: 1. Kristín b. December 19, 1885, d. March 16, 1930 2. Sigurbjörn (Steini) b. January 24, 1888 3. Stefanía 4. Valgerður 5. Stanley 6. Alexander 7. Jóhanna 8. Emily 9. Clara 10. Dóra. Steinunn had Þórarinn Sigbjörnsson b. 1881, d. 1904, with her first husband, Sigbjörn Eyjólfsson.
Andrés came west with Kristín and Guðrún in 1883. Kristín died in childbirth after she emigrated, but their son, Jón, lived a few years. Steinunn and Sigbjörn emigrated in 1882, but Þórarinn emigrated with his grandmother, Jóhanna Nikulásdóttir, in 1883. Andrés first lived in New Iceland, then in Selkirk, and after some time moved to Gimli where he transported fish. He lived in the Lundar Settlement in 1904 and in later years, moved to Oak Point.