María Kristrún Þorsteinsdóttir was born on December 29, 1886 in Lyon County, Minnesota. Spouse: Metúsalem Eyjólfsson born in 1877 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in a mill accident in Massillon, Ohio on December 7, 1932. He took the name Matthew Nicholson in the west. Children: 1. Raymond Ellsworth b. September 20, 1907 2. Hope b. January 2, 1909. María grew up …
Júlíana R Benediktsdóttir
Júlíana Ragnheiður Benediktsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on July 11, 1836. She died on December 4, 1912 in Manitoba. Spouse: 1) Bæring Bæringsson, they divorced 2) Grímur Jóhannesson b. June 24, 1835 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. at Betel in Gimli on September 4, 1923. He took the last name Breiðfjörð in the west. Children: 1. Ágúst Gísli b. August 11, 1869. …
Grímur Jóhannesson
Grímur Jóhannesson was born on June 24, 1835 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died at Betel in Gimli on September 4, 1923. He took the name Breiðfjörð in the west. Spouse: Júlíana Ragnheiður Benediktsdóttir b. July 11, 1836, d. December 4, 1912 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Ágúst Gísli b. August 11, 1869. They came west to Manitoba in 1894 and first settled …
Jóhanna S Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Sigurfríð Sigurðardóttir was born on March 26, 1875 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: Björn Sigvaldason was born in N. Múlasýsla on December 26, 1874. He took the name Barney Freeman in the west. Children: 1. Sigurður b. November 18, 1897, d. 1916 in France 2. Hólmfríður (Freda) b. October 25, 1901 3. Geirfríður Benónína b. August 10, 1903 4. Marta (Martha) Kristbjörg …
Hólmfríður Steindórsdóttir
Hólmfríður Steindórsdóttir was born on February 1, 1845, in Dalasýsla. She died on December 5, 1939. Spouse: Sigurður Erlendsson b. in Dalasýsla on October 15, 1846, d. in Selkirk, Manitoba on August 13, 1918. He took the last name Siverts in the west. Children: 1. Jóhanna Sigfríð b. March 26, 1875 2. Guðrún Erlendína b. April 23, 1878 3. Steindór b. …
Sigurður Erlendsson
Sigurður Erlendsson was born in Dalasýsla on October 15, 1846. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on August 13, 1918. He took the last name Siverts in the west. Spouse: Hólmfríður Steindórsdóttir b. February 1, 1845 in Dalasýsla, d. December 5, 1939. Children: 1. Jóhanna Sigfríð b. March 26, 1875 2. Guðrún Erlendína b. April 23, 1878 3. Steindór b. June …
Cora S Þóroddsdóttir
Cora Sigurbjörg Þóroddsdóttir was born in 1885 in Minnesota. She died on February 5, 1920 after childbirth. She took the last name Eastman in the west. Spouse: Árni Björnsson born August 8, 1877 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Minnesota on August 26, 1957. He took the name Arni B. Gislason in the west. Children: 1. Arlon Bjorn b. March 5, …
Vilhjálmur Jóhannesson
Vilhjálmur Jóhannesson was born in 1865 in S. Múlasýsla. Unmarried and childless. Vilhjálmur’s parents, Jóhannes Sveinsson and Soffía Vilhjálmsdóttir, emigrated west to Minneota, Minnesota in 1885. Three of their children came with them, but Vilhjálmur was not listed in that group. His friend and cousin, Hóseas Þorláksson, went to Canada in 1883 and although Vilhjámur is not his registered companion, …
Sæunn Markúsdóttir
Sæunn Markúsdóttir was born on May 19, 1870 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: August 14, 1914 Gunnar Jóhannesson b. November 12, 1867 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the name Gunnar Hólm (Holm) in the west. Children: Information missing. Sæunn was the daughter of Markús Ívarsson and Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir in Eyjafjörður but was raised by Jóhannes Jónsson and Þorgerður Kristjánsdóttir. She moved …
Magnús A Magnússon
Magnús A. Magnússon was born on May 6, 1883 in Lincoln County, Minnesota. He died on December 2, 1956 in Minnesota. He had the name Magnus A. Foss in the west. Spouse: Solveig Einarsdóttir b. 1883 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Salína (Sally) Sigurbjörg b. 1905 2. Lára (Laura) Kristín b. May 3, 1907 3. Magnús Einar b. February 1, …