Jón Pálsson was born in Strandasýsla in 1874. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Páll Einarsson and Ingveldur Magnúsdóttir in Þrúðardal. He was an errand boy at Ljúfustaðir in 1890, where his sister Jónný Guðbjörg was a maid. He came West before the turn of the century and settled in N. Dakota. Information about him in the west …
Jón Magnússon
Jón Magnússon was born on December 7, 1882 in Strandasýsla. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in the first decade of the 20th century. He settled in Gimli in New Iceland where he worked in the fishing industry.
Guðrún Ólafsdóttir
Guðrún Ólafsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla in 1868. She died in the Mouse River Settlement on December 13, 1947. Spouse: Guðbjartur Jónsson b. 1866 in Strandasýsla, d. September 24, 1939 in the Mouse River Settlement. Children: 1. Níels b. 1899, he was known as Justice Nels Johnson in the west, d. December 2, 1958 2. Þórunn Lilja b. September 27, …
Níels Guðbjartsson
Níels Guðbjartsson was born April 30, 1899 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. Died in N. Dakota December 2, 1958. Justice Nels Johnson vestra. Spouse: Information needed. Children: Information needed. Níels emigrated from Iceland at the turn of the century with his parents, Guðbjartur Jónsson and Guðrún Ólafsdóttir. The settled in Mouse River, N. Dakota. “He received his early education in the McHenry public schools and …
Guðbjartur Jónsson
Guðbjartur Jónsson was born in 1866 in Strandasýsla. He died on September 24, 1939 in the Mouse River Settlement. Spouse: Guðrún Ólafsdóttir b. in Strandasýsla in 1868, d. December 13, 1947. Children: 1. Níels b. 1899, he was known as Justice Nels Johnson in the west, d. December 2, 1958 2. Þórunn Lilja b. September 27, 1901 in Mouse River …
Jón Magnússon
Jón Magnússon was born in Strandasýsla on July 21, 1829. He died in Mouse River, N. Dakota on February 7, 1901. Spouse: Þórunn Þórðardóttir, did not come west, d. August 25, 1918. Children: 1. Magnús b. 1854 2. Þórður b. 1856 3. Lilja b. 1857 4. Stefán b. 1859 5. Guðbjartur b. 1866 6. Ingibjörg b. 1868 7. Sigríður b. …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born on February 9, 1824 in Strandasýsla. He died after 1900. Spouse: 1) Oddhildur Lýðsdóttir d. in Iceland in 1875 2) Helga Lilja Guðmundsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on February 20, 1842, d. in Selkirk, Manitoba on October 31, 1915. Children: With Oddhildur: 1. Jón b. 1854 2. Hallgrímur 3. Sigríður came west. With Helga: 1. Anna Kristín …
Jón Árnason
Jón Árnason was born on January 4, 1868 in Strandasýsla. Unmarried and childless. Jón was the son of Árni Jónsson who came west in 1900. His mother was Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir from Kirkjuból in Staðarsveit. Árni came west in 1900 with his wife, Valgerður Einarsdóttir, and Jón’s half-siblings. It is not clear what year Jón came west, but he probably came …
Sigurrós G Jónsdóttir
Sigurrós Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born on December 18, 1865 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in Manitoba on March 1, 1947. Spouse: November 20, 1888 Albert Sigursteinsson b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1867, d. May 9, 1933 in the Hnausa Settlement in New Iceland. Children: 1. Sigursteinn b. September 5, 1889, d. April 1, 1965. 2. Sigurjóna (Jona) b. 1891, d. 1994 …
Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir
Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir was born on September 2, 1927 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died about 1904 in the Hnausa Settlement. Spouse: Jón Árnason b. February 9, 1824 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in New Iceland about the turn of the century. Children: 1. Árni b. 1856 2. Jóhann b. 1857 3. Sigurrós Guðrún b. December 18, 1866, d. May 1, 1947. They had another …