Ólafur Sigurjón was born in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1888. He died on March 20, 1951 in California. He had the name Olafur (Oliver) Sigurjon Freeman and O. S. Freeman in the west. Spouse: Sigríður Stefánsdóttir b. in N. Dakota on June 11, 1889, d. in Minnesota on April 5, 1975. Children: 1. William b. 1912 2. …
Jakobína K Dínusdóttir
Jakobína Kristjana Dínusdóttir was born on February 26, 1884 near Svold, N. Dakota. She died in Blaine, Washington on February 2, 1948. Spouse: December 16, 1900 Halldór Björnsson b. July 11, 1862 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. 1948. Children: 1. Björn b. September 21, 1901 2. Tryggvi b. August 27, 1904 3. Margrét b. January 2, 1907 4. Guðmundur b. February 16, …
Jón Davíðsson
Jón Davíðsson was born in Iceland in 1841. Spouse: Björg b. 1856 in Iceland, d. December 16, 1940, she is buried in the cemetery in Mountain, N. Dakota. Children: 1. Martin b. February 15, 1883 in Michigan 2. Martha b. 1886 3. Konrad b. January 7, 1891 in N. Dakota. The US Census says that Jón was a farmer in …
Ragnhildur Hannesdóttir
Ragnhildur Hannesdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1873. Spouse: 1894 Guðmundur Davíðsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1857. He took the last name Davidson in the west. Children: 1. Magni 2. Muriel Pansy 3. Gestur 4. Björn 5. Viola Alsie Ragnhildur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her widowed mother, Guðbjörg Pétursdóttir, in 1888. Guðmundur came west with his parents to …
Guðrún H Sigurðardóttir
Guðrún Halldóra Sigurðardóttir was born in the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota on October 1, 1879. She died on November 12, 1952 in Mountain, N. Dakota. Spouse: Ásgeir Björnsson b. April 7, 1858 in Strandasýsla. He took the last name Byron in the west. Children: 1. Sigurður Kristinn b. July 28, 1898 2. Júlíanna Helga b. July 18, 1901 3. Kristján …
Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir
Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1874. Spouse: 1901 Jón Árnason b. May 2, 1872 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Árni. Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba around 1890 and lived there for some time. He once worked for Guðgeir Eggertsson, his brother-in-law, in Stony Mountain north of Winnipeg. Sigurveig went west in 1893. They moved to the …
Margrét Sigurðardóttir
Margrét Sigurðardóttir was born in 1861 in Ísafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Gísli Árnason b. in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1854. Children: 1. Hallvarðína Sigríður b. 1889 2. Gyðríður. They emigrated west in 1892 and went to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Moved south and lived in N. Dakota the first four years. Life’s road led them to the Álftárdals Settlement in Manitoba where they lived for six years. …
Anna Jóhannsdóttir
Anna Guðrún Jóhannsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 20, 1877. She died in N. Dakota on January 7, 1956. Spouse: 1901 Jóhannes Andrésson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 28, 1873, d. in N. Dakota on December 8, 1957. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Children: 1. Ágústína María b. 1902 2. Jóhanna Guðrún b. May 19, 1904 …
Jóhannes Andrésson
Jóhannes Andrésson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 28, 1873. He died in N. Dakota on December 8, 1957. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: 1901 Anna Jóhannsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 20, 1877, d. January 7, 1956. Children: 1. Ágústína María b. 1902 2. Jóhanna Guðrún b. May 19, 1904 3. Jósef (Joseph) b. …
Valdimar Stefánsson
Valdimar Stefánsson was born in New Iceland on October 28, 1889. Spouse: Guðný Björnsdóttir b. February 21, 1890 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðfinna Elínborg b. November 23, 1913 2. Stefán Júlíus b. February 13, 1917 3. Pálína b. December 19, 1922. Valdimar was the son of Stefán Eiríksson and Pálína Sigríður Stefánsdóttir, early pioneers in New Iceland in 1888. He …