Kristín Magnúsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on August 19, 1854. She died on October 17, 1952 in Manitoba. Spouse: Halldór Jónsson b. at Kirkjuból in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1855. He died on July 17, 1934 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Steinunn Ásta 2. Kristín Magnúsína 3. Victoría Jóhanna Guðrún. Halldór came west with two of his daughters. They first lived in New Iceland, …
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was born on February 27, 1820 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on February 10, 1905. Spouse: October 6, 1848 Sigmundur Þorgrímsson b. May 15, 1826 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on February 1, 1902. Children: 1. Halfdán b. 1849 2. Hansína Guðbjörg b. 1850 did not come west 3. Sigríður b. 1851, d. 1852 …
Lúðvík H Sveinsson
Lúðvík Halldór Sveinsson was born on January 28, 1907 in Minneota, Minnesota. He died in Washington on April 19, 1955. He had the name Ludvik Halldor Westdal in the west. Unmarried and childless. Lúðvík was the son of Sveinn Oddsson and Margrét Ásgrímsdóttir. He was born in Minneota, Minnesota where his father worked as a printer. His mother’s parents, Ásgrímur …
Ásthildur Grímsdóttir
Ásthildur Grímsdóttir was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1884. Spouse: Magnús Magnússon b. February 27, 1873 in Húsey in Hjaltastaðaþinghá in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Eiríkur b. 1908 2. Ólafur b. 1915 3. Ragnhildur b. 1916. Magnús came west to Minneota, Minnesota in 1905 while Ásthildur came west a year later to Glouchester, Massachusetts where her mother, Hólmfríður, lived. She moved from …
Sigurbjörg Ríkharðsdóttir
Sigurbjörg Ríkharðsdóttir was born in 1888 in Minnesota. She was known as Bertha in the west. Spouse: Pétur Árnason b. November 28, 1884 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Minnesota in 1953. He took the name Petur Magnuson in the west. Children: 1. Herbert Sigurður b. January 30, 1911 2. Iva Sigurbjörg b. May 10, 1912 3. Richard Allan b. November 22, …
Jóhann Jónsson
Jóhann Sigmundur Jónsson fæddist í Vestmannaeyjum 21. ágúst, 1887. Dáinn í Utah 21. október, 1964. Maki: 22. ágúst, 1911 Ethel Singleton f. í Provo í Utah 29. júlí, 1890, d. 18. janúar, 1968. Börn: Upplýsingar vantar. Jón var sonur Jóns Hreinssonar og Kristínar Guðmundsdóttur og fór með þeim til Spanish Fork í Utah árið 1892.
Sigurgeir V Loftsson
Sigurgeir Valdimar Loftsson was born in 1879. He took the name Walter Jonasson in the west. Spouse: Bessie Virginia Brown b. June 22, 1887 in Kent County in Michigan. Children: Dorothy Dulcibel b. May 14, 1915. Sigurgeir was the son of Loftur Jónasson and Aðalbjörg Jóakimsdóttir who settled in Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota. Sigurgeir resided the longest in S. …
Áslaug Indriðadóttir
Áslaug Indriðadóttir was born on September 16, 1866 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on August 29, 1930 in Hallock, Minnesota. Spouse: Guðmundur Goodman, information missing. Áslaug was the daughter of Indriði Jónsson and his wife, María Jóhannesdóttir, in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Western resources say Guðmundur Goodman was from Reykjavík and came west in 1893. He ran a jewelry store in Hallock, …
Júlíus Á Eiríksson
Júlíus Ásmundur Eiríksson was born in Minnesota in 1884. He had the name Julius Asmundur Johnson in the west. Spouse: Pauline Henrietta b. 1887 in Minnesota of Norwegian descent. Children: 1. Geneva b. 1908 2. Capitola b. 1910 3. Jane b. 1912 4. Lidia b. 1914 5. Garfield b. 1916 6. Donald b. 1920 7. Russell b. 1923 8. Virgil …
Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson was born in 1864 in Iceland. Spouse: Guðrún Þuríður Jónsdóttir b. in Iceland on March 11, 1864. Children: 1. Sigríður b. April 28, 1888 2. John b. 1893 3. Þóra Elizabet b. January 6, 1901. Sources in Minnesota say they settled in Marshall, Minnesota in 1880 and lived there until the end of the century. They moved to Watertown, …