Helga Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir was born on August 1, 1874 in Árnessýsla. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on July 18, 1953. Spouse: October 13, 1899 Eiríkur Ólafsson b. January 15, 1876 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He is registered as Erik Helgason in Canada. Children: They raised three children: 1. Ágústa Hallgrímsdóttir (Helga’s sister) 2. Kristvin Helgason Sveinsson b. November 13, 1904 3. …
Ketill Sveinsson
Ketill Sveinsson was born in Árnessýsla on October 6, 1850. He died in Manitoba on August 15, 1925. Spouse: Pálína Sigurðardóttir b. Árnessýsla on June 27, 1857, d. 1927. Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1885 2. Jónína b. 1886. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in Brandon.
Pálína Sigurðardóttir
Pálína Sigurðardóttir was born in Árnessýsla on June 27, 1857. She died in Manitoba in 1927. Spouse: Ketill Sigurðsson b. Árnessýsla on October 6, 1850, d. Manitoba on August 15, 1925. Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1885 2. Jónína b. 1886. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in Brandon.
Einar G. Tómasson
Einar Guðmundur Tómasson was born on October 13, 1867 in Árnessýsla. He is registered as Tomasson or Thomasson in the west. Spouse: 1898 Guðný Þorsteinsdóttir b. March 23, 1864, d. November 18, 1958. Children: 1. Thomas Guðmundur b. December 2, 1900 2. Steinunn b. April 28, 1903, d. October 11, 1936 3. Kristinn Ragnar b. March 19, 1906 4. Sigríður …
Guðný Þorsteinsdóttir
Guðný Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Grindavík on March 23, 1864. She died in Manitoba on November 18, 1958. Spouse: 1898 Einar Guðmundur Tómasson b. October 13, 1867 in Árnessýsla. He was registered as Tomasson or Thomasson in the west. Children: 1. Thomas Guðmundur b. December 2, 1900 2. Steinunn b. April 28, 1903, d. October 11, 1936 3. Kristinn Ragnar …
Sesselja Ögmundsdóttir
Sesselja Ögmundsdóttir was born in Árnessýsla on August 17, 1880. She died in Manitoba on January 2, 1967. Spouse: 1913 Skúli Benjamínsson b. in Dalasýsla on September 4, 1879, d. January 8, 1970. Childless. Sesselja emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her parents, Ögmundur Ögmundsson and Þorbjörg Gísladóttir, in 1888.
Þorbjörg Gísladóttir
Þorbjörg Gísladóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1845. She died in 1911 in Manitoba. Spouse: Ögmundur Ögmundsson born in 1843 in Árnessýsla. He died in Manitoba in 1915. Children: 1. Kjartan b. 1876 2. Ögmundur b. 1879 3. Sesselja b. 1880 4. Kristín b. 1884. They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and from there moved to the Þingvalla Settlement …
Ögmundur Ögmundsson
Ögmundur Ögmundsson was born in Hrunamannahreppur in Árnessýsla on July 2, 1880, d. in British Columbia on August 1, 1951. Spouse: 1906 Engilráð Bjarnadóttir b. May 13, 1881, d. in British Columbia in 1955. Children: 1. Elín 2. Þorbjörg Sesselja 3. Fjóla 4. Lilja 5. Matthildur 6. Kjartan 7. Bjarni 8. Hermann. Ögmundur emigrated with his parents in 1888. They settled …
