Jón Magnússon was born on March 5, 1883 in Lake Stay township in Lyon County. He died in Minnesota on December 1, 1957. He took the name John Thorsteinson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Jón was the son of Magnús Þorsteinsson and Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir who came west to Minnesota in 1878. Jón lived the longest in Lincoln County in Minnesota. …
Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir
Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir was born on August 4, 1855 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Vigfús Þorsteinsson b. October 23, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Guðný 3. Guðmundur Ólafur 4. Þorsteinn Vigfús and Guðríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883. They lived there for a while before moving to Shellmouth, Saskatchewan and to the Þingvalla Settlement in 1886. In 1894, they moved …
Solveig Jónsdóttir
Solveig Jónsdóttir was born in 1877. She died in Manitoba in 1955. Spouse: 1912 Vilhjálmur Árnason b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 31, 1887, d. in Arborg on August 6, 1961. Children: 1. Jónína Guðríður Arnrún b. October 30, 1912 2. Guðni Vilhjálmur Kristinn b. May 16, 1915 3. Ólafur Árni b. October 16, 1917 4. Frederick Charles b. April 28, 1923. …
Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir
Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1864. Spouse: Helgi Jónsson b. in 1864 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Childless. Helgi and Sigríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1880 and from there to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Helgi bought land in the Akra Settlement in 1891.
Sigurbjörg Hálfdánardóttir
Sigurbjörg Hálfdánardóttir was born on July 13, 1880 in Minneota, Minnesota. She died on March 23, 1950 in Seattle. She had the name Bertha Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: October 29, 1905 Gunnar Bergvinsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1880, d. in 1956 in Seattle. Children: 1. Stefía Sigvaldína b. September 26, 1906 2. Theodór Bergvin b. June 25, 1908 3. …
Einar Thorlacius
Einar Thorlacius was born on February 24, 1893 in Garðar, N. Dakota. Spouse: Guðbjörg Konráðsdóttir b. March 16, 1901 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Ruth 3. Harlan b. December 24, 1928 4. Harley b. December 24, 1928. Einar was the son of Hallgrímur Thorlacius and María Sigfúsdóttir Bergman who lived in Garðar, N. Dakota. Guðbjörg came west in 1904 …
Þorbjörg Jóhannsdóttir
Þorbjörg Jóhannsdóttir was born in 1893 in Pipestone. She died in Saskatchewan on June 18, 1918. She had the last name Gottfred in the west. Spouse: Halldór Magnússon b. in Pembina, N. Dakota. He died in Saskatchewan in 1929. Children: 1. Eyjólfur Frímann 2. Vilmar Jóhann They moved to the Tantallon Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1900, the same year as Halldór’s father …
Margrét Jónsdóttir
Margrét Jónsdóttir was born on September 30, 1833 in Húnavantssýsla, d. in New Iceland in 1913. Spouse: Magnús Magnússon b. in Húnavatnssýsla on December 8, 1835, d. in Gimli in 1902. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1862 2. Ágúst b. 1863 3. Rósa b. 1865, d. 1914 4. Guðrún Solveig b. 1866 5. Jón b. 1869 6. Björn b. 1873. Jón and …
Steinvör J Sigurðardóttir
Steinvör Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 7, 1877. She died in Saskatchewan in 1938. Spouse: Þorlákur Kristjánsson Schram b. December 8, 1853 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died on November 3, 1931 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Sigurborg b. 1897 2. Sigvaldi b. March 28, 1901 3. Guðni b. April 10, 1903 4. Ragnar b. August 10, 1905 5. Ingibjörg …
Vilhjálmur Schram
Vilhjálmur Schram fæddist í Árnessýslu árið 1865. Maki: Hannah Bang f. í Lincoln sýslu í Minnesota Börn: 1. Clarence f. 6. desember, 1896. Vilhjálmur er skráður í Árnessýslu árið 1880 en mun hafa farið þaðan til Kaupmannahafnar og frá Danmörku til Vesturheims. Bjó í Minneota í Minnesota.
