Ingimar Franklín Líndal was born in Garðar, N. Dakota on December 17, 1888. Spouse: May 25, 1916 Sigfríður Björg Ólafsdóttir. Children: 1. Ólafur. Ingimar was the son of Dýrfinna Tómasdóttir and her Scottish husband. He was taken in as a foster child by his aunt and her husband, Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir and Jón Jónadabsson, and moved with them to the Lundar …
Jón B Jónsson
Jón Bjarni Jónsson was born on August 7, 1892 in Winnipeg. Spouse: February 18, 1919 Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir. Children: 1. Marsilía 2. Benedikt Ingimundur 3. Ólöf Júlía. Jón Bjarni was the son of Ingimundur Jónsson and Marsilía Halldórsdóttir. He moved in 1894 with his parents to the Grunnavatn Settlement and then to the Brown Settlement in 1907. In 1916 he …
Halldór Björnsson
Halldór Björnsson was born in 1875 in Omemee, Ontario. He had the last name Skagfjörð in the west. Spouse: 1899 Steinunn Magnúsdóttir b. 1882, d. August 3, 1903 in Morden, Manitoba. Children: 1. Sæunn 2. Oddný. Halldór was the son of the couple Björn Kristjánsson and Guðlaug Pálsdóttir, who came west in 1874. He went with them to New Iceland …
Jóhannes T Jobson
Jóhannes Tryggvi Jobson was born on May 18, 1882 in Eyford, N. Dakota. He died in Manitoba on October 12, 1952. He took the name Joe T. Sigurdson in the west. Spouse: 1907 Guðrún Björg Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1891 in S. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Laufey Pálína 2. Gunnar Einar b. 1910 3. Þórunn Ester b. 1912 4. Stefanía b. 1914 5. …
Einar Jobson
Einar Jobson was born in the Hnausa Settlement in Manitoba on February 16, 1879. He died in the Víðir Settlement in 1961. He took the name Einar J. Sigurðsson or Einar Sigurdson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Einar was the son of Job Sigurðsson and Þórunn Bjarnadóttir. He grew up with his mother in N. Dakota and in the …
Sigurjón Bergvinsson
Sigurjón Bergvinsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on February 26, 1848. He died in Manitoba on April 19, 1934. Spouse: 1) Margrét Jónsdóttir b. 1853 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1885 2) Anna Stefanía Þorkelsdóttir b. 1863 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1922. Children: With Margrét: 1. Steinvör Véfreyja b. 1881 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1911. With Anna: 1. Margrét b. August 9, 1888, …
Guðrún Einarsdóttir
Guðrún Einarsdóttir was born on March 25, 1855 in Strandasýsla. Dáin árið 1934. Spouse: 1892 Helgi Jónsson b. in Strandasýsla on August 13, 1855, d. October 12, 1913 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Anna Sigurbjörg 2. Albertína (Ina) Guðrún 3. Helen Margrét Guðrún came west about 1890 and moved to Manitoba. Helgi moved there in 1885 and took land in the …
Halldór Guðmundsson
Halldór Guðmundsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Unmarried. Child: 1. Ingibjörg. Halldór would have come west quite early in the Emigration Period. He went to N. Dakota and stayed there until 1899. He then went to Iceland but returned a year later. He settled in Morden, Manitoba, took land there, but never lived there. He lived the longest at the home …
Sigríður E Eiríksdóttir
Sigríður Eirikka Eiríksdóttir fæddist árið 1860 í S. Múlasýslu. Maki: Sveinbjörn Sigurðsson f. í N. Múlasýslu árið 1857. Börn: 1. Eirika Sigurbjörg f. 1880 2. Guðný Margrét f. 1889 3. Emilía Aðalbjörg Þau fluttu vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1884. Þau bjuggu nokkur ár þar í borg en fluttu þaðan norður í Álftavatnsbyggð.
Magnússína S Pálsdóttir
Magnússína Sigurrós Pálsdóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnbyggð). She died in 1964. She was known as Rosa in the west. Spouse: Guðmundur Guðmundsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1877. Children: 1. Olga 2. Esther 3. Leo 4. Guðmundur Allan 5. Páll (Paul) 6. Ted 7. Gerry Guðmundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 with his mother, Halldóra Þórðardóttir, and …