Hallur Jónsson
Hallur Jónsson: Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1878. Spouse: 1916 Ólafía Vilhelmína Þóarinsdóttir b. 1897 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Ólöf Helen 3. Lovísa Ragnheiður 4. Edward Wilhelm 5. Bertha. Hallur came west with his parents and the couple moved to her parent’s land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement.
Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Margrét Bjarnadóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1881. Spouse: 1910 Sigurður Jónsson b. in Winnipeg in 1887, d. in the Lundar Settlement in 1959. He had the name Sam Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Mary b. 1911 2. David Thorleifur b. 1913, d. 1934 3. Sigmar b. 1915. Sigurður moved with his parents, Auðunn Jónsson and Sigríður Erlendsdóttir, to …
Stefán Halldórsson
Stefán Halldórsson was born in 1845 in Lónssveit in E. Skaftafellssýsla. Spouse: 1875 Sigríður Sigmundsdóttir b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1854, d. 1927 in Manitoba. Children: Born in Iceland: 1. Halldór b. 1882 2. Sigurjón b. 1885 3. Vilborg b. 1891, died young in the west. Born in the west: 4. Sigmundur 5. Steinunn Sigurbjörg 6. Sigurborg 7. Sigríður. They came west …
Oddný Árnadóttir
Oddný Árnadóttir was born on May 4, 1867 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. Spouse: Páll Þorsteinsson b. April 22, 1865 in W. Skaftafelssýsla. Children: 1. Þorsteinn 2. Árni 3. Helga Sigríður 4. Pálína Þóra 5. Klemens. They came west to the Pacific coast in 1888 and were first in Victoria, Vancouver Island. They then moved to the Point Roberts peninsula in Washington. …
Sigurður Pálsson
Sigurður Pálsson was born in 1854 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He took the last name Scheving in the west. Unmarried and childless. Sigurður was the son of Páll Scheving and Sigríður Sigurðardóttir in Garðir. He came west in 1888 and moved to Victoria on Vancouver Island. Helgi Þorsteinsson, Sigurður’s friend, and his wife Dagbjört were there. He accompanied them to Point …
Þórður Þorsteinsson
Þórður Þorsteinsson was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1877. Spouse: Steinunn Þórðardóttir b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1877. Children: 1. Gísli b. 1906 2. Þórstína Jónasína b. 1909 3. Þórður Óskar b. 1910 4. Jóhanna b. 1912 5. Guðlaug Dagbjört b. 1915 6. Oddný Soffía b. 1917 7. Ísak b. 1919. They came west in 1903 and went directly out …
Steinunn Þórðardóttir
Steinunn Þórðardóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1877. Spouse: Þórður Þorsteinsson b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1877. Children: 1. Gísli b. 1906 2. Þórstína Jónasína b. 1909 3. Þórður Óskar b. 1910 4. Jóhanna b. 1912 5. Guðlaug Dagbjört b. 1915 6. Oddný Soffía b. 1917 7. Ísak b. 1919. They came west in 1903 and went directly to …
