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.
Jón Sæmundsson
Jón Sæmundsson: Born at Arndísarstöðum in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1830. He died in 1918 in Selkirk, Manitoba. Spouse: Vigdís Emilía Þorkelsdóttir b. 1842 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1924 in Selkirk. Children: 1) Þuríður b. 1871 2) Sigurlaug b. in Markland, Nova Scotia in 1877 3) Sæmundur 4) Ágúst Vigdís emigrated to Ontario Canada in 1874 and Jón came …
Kristinn Einarsson
Kristinn Einarsson was born at Kolviðarhól in Árnessýsla. He was known as Kristinn (Chris) E. Sigurðsson in the west. Spouse: Hazel Hamilton, a Canadian. Children: 1. William Einar b. July 15, 1927. Kristinn was the son of Einar Sigurðsson and Bergþóra Bergsteinsdóttir, who last lived at Butze in Alberta. Kristinn was a farmer in Chauvin, Alberta and later a wheat …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on July 12, 1864. He died in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on October 17, 1955. Spouse: 1892 Karítas Einarsdóttir b. August 17, 1863 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. November 29, 1956 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Einar b. 1894 2. Guðlaugur b. 1897 3. Magnús b. 1898 4. Jónína b. in Saskatchewan. They …
