Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on August 14, 1816. She died on December 4, 1878 in Spanish Fork, Utah. Spouse: September 30, 1847 Einar Bjarnason b. March 4, 1809 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. November 25, 1890. Children: 1. Gísli b. November 24, 1849, d. August 17, 1934 2. Helga b. December 11, 1853, d. November 21, 1918 3. …
Helga Einarsdóttir
Helga Einarsdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on December 11, 1853. She died on November 21, 1918 in Spanish Fork. She took the name Helga Bjarnason Nelson in Utah. Spouse: December 13, 1875 Andrew Ekland Nielson. Children: 1. Clara Halldóra b. 1882, d. 1883 2. Helga Rebria b. 1884, d. 1928 3. Sara Margrét b. 1886 4. Hannah Mary b. …
Þorgerður Einarsdóttir
Þorgerður Einarsdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on May 29, 1857. She died on May 12, 1946. She took the name Thorgerdur Snell in Utah. Spouse: May 1, 1879 George Dixon Snell b. March 18, 1836, d. May 12, 1911. Children: 1. Hannah b. June 13, 1883 2. Martha b. June 3, 1886, d. August 3, 1905. Þorgerður emigrated west …
Stefán Þórarinsson
Stefán Þórarinsson was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on October 7, 1879. He died in San Diego, California on January 27, 1936. He took the name Stephan Bjarnason in Utah. Spouse: May 4, 1904 in Salt Lake City Jennie Elizabeth Hampshire b. November 19, 1881 in Utah. Children: Information missing. Stefán was just five years old when he came west to …
Páll Hansson
Páll Hansson was born in V. Skaftafellssýslu December 18, 1868. Died at Betel in Gimli December 2, 1939. Spouse: Rannveig Pálína Pálsdóttir b. February 19, 1866 in A.Skaftafellssýsla d. September 6, 1925 in Riverton in New Iceland. Children: 1. Sveinn b. April 7, 1891 2. Páll Júlíus b. July 9, 1893, d. 1892 3. Gunnlaugur b. May 25, 1896 4. Jóhann …
Karítas Einarsdóttir
Karítas Einarsdóttir was born on August 17, 1863 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. She died on November 29, 1956 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: 1892 Jón Jónsson b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla on July 12, 1864, d. in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on October 17, 1955. Children: 1. Einar b. 1894 2. Guðlaugur b. 1897 3. Magnús b. 1898 4. Jónína b. in …
Magnús Jónsson
Magnús Jónsson was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on April 22, 1898. Unmarried and childless. He came to the West with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Karítas Einarsdóttir, in 1901. They lived in West Selkirk, Manitoba for five years, then moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1906. They took land near Mozart where Magnús was a farmer.