Júlíana Einarsdóttur was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in the Lundar Settlement in 1918. Spouse: Stefán Stefánsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1859, d. in the Lundar Settlement on April 20, 1903. He took the last name Stephanson in the west. Children: 1. Ágúst b. 1890 2. Valdimar (Walter) b. 1898. Stefán came west to New Jersey and lived there 10 years. …
Jón Þ Árnason
Jón Þorkell Árnason was born in Reykjavík in 1888. He died in Oak Point, Manitoba in 1967. Spouse: 1921 Helga Jónasdóttir b. November 23, 1895. Children: 1. Anna b. 1921. Jón came west to Manitoba in 1911 and worked with Helgi Einarsson in Steep Rock in northern Lake Manitoba. Helga came there and lived with her sister Halldóra and her …
Kristborg Guðmundsdóttir
Kristborg Guðmundsdóttir was born in Garður in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland on September 27, 1887. She died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 27, 1966. Spouse: Herbert McGillivray b. in Regina, Saskatchewan on March 18, 1882, d. in Minneapolis on December 22, 1956. Children: 1. Donald Guðmundur d. April 14, 1912 2. Alice Laura b. November 10, 1912 3. …
Fjóla Magnúsdóttir
Fjóla Magnúsdóttir was born on September 13, 1901 in the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba. Spouse: Páll Björnsson b. in eastern Borgarfjörður in N. Múlasýsla on January 28, 1884, d. in the Lundar Settlement in 1953. He took the name Paul Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Margrét Guðrún b. 1927 2. Paul Edward b. 1929 3. Donald Kenneth b. 1935 4. …
Aurora Frederickson
Aurora Frederickson was born on September 4, 1877 at Gimli. She died on June 22, 1954 in Manitoba. Spouse: Tómas Hermann Jónsson b. in Héðinshöfða in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on February 12, 1870, d. in Winnipeg on May 20, 1927. He took the name Thomas H. Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Margaret Ethel b. April 12, 1899. 2. Elswood Brandur b. …
Ingigerður Einarsdóttir
Ingigerður Einarsdóttir was born in 1832 in S. Múlasýsla. She died in 1881 in New Iceland. Spouse: Guðmundur Jónsson b. October 21, 1833 in S. Múlasýsla, d. in New Iceland on September 26, 1909. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Bergljót (Becky) b. February 20, 1869 3. Guðný Jónína 4. Aðalheiður b. August 2, 1876, twin 5. Gestur b. August 2, 1876. They …
Jódís Jónsdóttir
Jódís Jónsdóttir was born in Svold, N. Dakota on January 8, 1892. She died at Betel in Gimli on March 22, 1982. She had the name Disa Brandson in the west. Spouse: July 4, 1918 Sigurður Brandsson b. March 6, 1885 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. September 2, 1975 in Arborg. Children: 1. Guðlaug Kristín (Christine) b. May 20, 1911 2. Sigrún …
Svanhvít Jóhannsdóttir
Svanhvít Jóhannsdóttir was born on March 30, 1891 in N. Múlasýsla, d. April 30, 1881 in Minneapolis. She was known as Swanee in the west. Spouse: June 4, 1910 Gunnlaugur Tryggvi Aðalsteinsson b. at Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on October 13, 1888, d. in Minneapolis in 1986. He took the name George Athelstan in the west. Children: 1. Evelyn b. June 25, …
Gunnlaugur T Aðalsteinsson
Gunnlaugur Tryggvi Aðalsteinsson was born in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on October 13, 1888. He died in Minneapolis in 1986. He took the name George Athelstan in the west. Spouse: June 4, 1910 Svanhvít Jóhannsdóttir b. March 30, 1891 in N. Múlasýsla, d. April 30, 1881 in Minneapolis. Children: 1. Evelyn b. June 25, 1911 2. Jóhann Arnold b. February 6, …
Árni Þorvarðarson
Árni Þorvarðarson was born on October 29, 1861 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died in Minneapolis on October 17, 1923. Spouse: July 20, 1895 Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir b. October 10, 1857, d. September 29, 1939 in Minneapolis. Children: 1. Alice Kristín b. March 14, 1898 in Minneapolis. Árni came west across the sea in 1890 and settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is considered …