Sveinbjörg Sveinsdóttir was born in 1889 in Efriey in W. Skaftafellssýsla. She died in Saskatchewan in 1973. Spouse: 1915 Sigurður Guðnason b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1879, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnbyggð) in 1957. Children: 1. Lára (Laura) b. 1919 2. Hafsteinn b. 1921 3. Karl (Carl) b. 1923. Their first born, Hafsteinn, d. 1918. Sigurður came west with his …
Tómasína Guðmundsdóttir
Tómasína Ingibjörg Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir fæddist í Eyjafjarðarsýslu árið 1890. Goodman vestra. Maki: Snæbjörn Sigurgeirsson f. í S. Þingeyjarsýslu árið 1882. Snæbjörn fór vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1893 með foreldrum sínum og systkinum. Þau settust að í Argylebyggð og þar ólst hann upp. Hann nam land í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1910, það var í Kandahar/Dafoe byggð. Tómasína fór vestur …
Helgi Jónsson
Helgi Jónsson was born in 1899 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Spouse: Edna Ida. Children: 1. John 2. Eric 3. Ingrid 4. Norman. Helgi came west in 1903 with his father, Jón Jónsson from Mýri, and siblings. The family first lived in Manitoba but then moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Helgi took on office work.
Baldur Haraldsson
Baldur Haraldsson fæddist í Winnipeg 2. apríl, 1888. Dáin þar 14. september, 1952. Baldur H. Olson vestra. Maki: 18. apríl, 1916 Sigríður Jónsdóttir f. á Mýri í S. Þingeyjarsýslu árið 1896. Börn: 1. Katrín Sigríður f. 1917 2. Eileen Marjory f. 1921 3. Eric Baldur f. 1928 4. Norman Hugh. Baldur var sonur Haraldar Jóhannessonar og Karítasar Einarsdóttur sem fluttu …
Hallfríður G Jónsdóttir
Hallfríður Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in 1863 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Jóhann Gottfreð Þorgeirsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1862. Childless, but they raised two foster children: 1. Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. 1896 at Mýri 2. Guðrún H. Snorradóttir b. in Winnipeg 1886. Hallfríður was the daughter of Jón Rögnvaldsson and Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir who came west in 1889. Hallfríður’s sister was Kristjana, wife of …
Guðrún H Snorradóttir
Guðrún Snorradóttir was born in Winnipeg on December 24, 1886. She died in Vancouver on October 12, 1971. Spouse: 1911 Hermann Jónsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1888, d. in Vancouver in 1965. He took the name Herman Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Hallfríður Guðrún 2. Jón Hermann 3. Jóhann Baldur 4. Sigríður Nanna 5. Halli. They also fostered Kristjana …
Þorsteinn Jónsson
Þorsteinn Jónsson was born in 1865 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He was known as Þorsteinn Gauti Jónsson in the west. Spouse: 1906 Áslaug Jónsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1883, d. 1978. Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1906 2. Jórunn b. 1908 3. Ester b. 1910 4. Jón b. 1912 5. Haraldur b. 1915 6. Kristbjörg Margrét b. 1915 7. Málmfríður Nanna …
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir was born on June 10, 1883 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: 1901 Jósef Oddsson b. February 9, 1875. He took the name J. O. Magnusson in the west. Children: 1. Emily 2. Lára Sigurrós 3. Katrín Margrét 4. Esther Steinunn 5. Florence Ólína 6. Alice Jónína. Ingibjörg was just a few weeks old when her parents, Jón Jónasson and Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir, …
Guðrún Lúðvíksdóttir
Guðrún Lúðvíksdóttir was born in 1853 in Húnavatnssýsla and died in N. Dakota before the turn of the century. Spouse: Halldór Guðjónsson b.in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1864. Children: 1. Sigurjón Blöndal 2. Sigrún Ólafía 3. Emilía Sigríður. Halldór and Guðrún came west in 1883 to N. Dakota. In 1901, he moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba and in 1903 to Washington State. He …
Björg V Jónsdóttir
Björg Vilhelmína Jónsdóttir was born on November 8, 1884 in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. She died on January 15, 1939 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Spouse: August 22, 1905 Hallgrímur Sigurjónsson b. August 23, 1882 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Winnipeg July 19, 1968. He took the last name Axdal in the west. Children: 1. Guðrún b. February 23, 1906 2. …