Jón Árnason was born on February 9, 1824 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in New Iceland around the turn of the century. Spouse: Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir b. September 2, 1927 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. about 1904 in the Hnausa Settlement. Children: 1. Árni b. 1856 2. Jóhann b. 1857 3. Sigurrós Guðrún b. December 18, 1866, d. May 1, 1947. They had another …
Jóhannes Friðriksson
Jóhannes Friðriksson was born on June 12, 1854 in Strandasýsla. Spouse: Information needed. Children: Information needed. Jóhannes likely emigrated to the West after 1880. Information is needed about his life there.
Halldóra Ásgeirsdóttir
Halldóra Ásgeirsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on March 3, 1890. She died in Los Angeles in 1950. Unmarried and childless. She came to the West after 1910 and settled in Los Angeles. Information on her life in the west is needed.
Gunnlaugur Jónsson
Gunnlaugur Jónsson was born on October 6, 1853 in Húnavatnssýsla. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Jón Jónsson and Guðrún Bjarnadóttir at Fjarðarhorn in Hrútafjörður. He took land in the Eyford Settlement in N. Dakota in 1886. Information is needed about his life in the west.
Guðrún Ásgeirsdóttir
Guðrún Ásgeirsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on January 26, 1888. Spouse: Gunnlaugur Björnsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on June 20, 1886. They divorced. Children: Information needed. Information is needed about Guðrún’s journey in the west, but Gunnlaugur came west in 1911. Guðrún last lived in California.
Guðjón Björnsson
Guðjón Björnsson was born in Strandasýsla on August 26, 1855. Unmarried. Children: With Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir: 1. Guðbjörn Einar d. in Iceland in 1949. With Jónína Guðbjörg Bogadóttir: 1. Sigríður b. 1887. He came to start his life in the west before 1890. Information on his life in the west is needed.
Guðbrandur Bjarnason
Guðbrandur Bjarnason was born in Strandasýsla on August 14, 1880. He died in Grafton, N. Dakota on December 23, 1938. Child. He came west with his parents, Bjarni Bjarnason and Sigríður Samúelsdóttir, in 1883. They settled in Garðar, N. Dakota. Information is needed about Guðbrandur in N. Dakota.
Guðný Tómasdóttir
Guðný Tómasdóttir was born on September 25, 1926 in Strandasýsla. She died in the Garðar Settlement on January 30, 1902. Spouse: Guðmundur Sakaríasson d. in Iceland before 1880. Children: 1. Þóra b. November 3, 1846, d. in the west on August 22, 1943 2. Björn b. 1850, did not come west 3. Guðbjörg Jónína b. January 12, 1864 2. Gísli …
Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir
Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on July 11, 1853. She died on May 5, 1945 in Alberta. Spouse: 1890 Guðmundur Þorláksson b. in Strandasýsla on November 7, 1859, d. in Markerville, Alberta on November 1, 1935. He took the last name Thorlakson in the west. Children: 1. Björn b. 1893 in Alberta, d. 1980. Two other children died in …
Kristín Þórðardóttir
Kristín Þórðardóttir was born in the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota in 1884, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1972. Spouse: Gunnar Júlíus Guðmundsson b. 1875 in Gullbringusýsla, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1959. Children: Haraldur Júlíus b. 1910, d. 1937. Kristín was the daughter of Þórðar Gunnarsson and Auður Grímsdóttir, who came west in 1882 and …
