ID: 10659
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : N.Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1937
Sigrún Jónsdóttir Photo: WtW
Páll Pálsson Photo:WtW
Páll Pálsson was born on June 9, 1861 in N.Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Manitoba on May 14, 1937. He took the name Pall Paulson in the west.
Spouse: Sigrún Jónsdóttir b. 1860 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: 1. Kristín b. 1889, d. 1918 2. Helga b. 1890, d. 1970 3. Gestur b. 1892, d. 1970 4. Guðbjörg b. 1896, d. 1959 5. Hildur b. 1898, d. 1977 6. Guðni b. 1900 7. Ágúst (August) b. 1903, d. 1933 8. Ástfríður (Ásta) b. 1905, d. 1938.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and lived the first years in Winnipeg. Páll got a job building a railway but then took land in the Lundar Settlement. They were horrified by a flood in 1902 and settled on other land east of Oak Point.