Ólafur Jónasson was born on March 10, 1878 in Wisconsin. He died on May 10, 1956 in Minnesota. He took the name Oliver G. Olson in the west. Spouse: November 20, 1901 Þóra Sigurðardóttir b. January 13, 1883 in N. Dakota, d. November 15, 1967 in Minnesota. Children: 1. Margrét b. 1903 2. Sigurður b. 1905 3. Carl W. b. …
Stefán Sigurðsson
Stefán Sigurðsson was born on October 12, 1880 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in Minnesota on May 27, 1949. He took the name Stephan Bjarnason in the west. Spouse: 1923 Margaret Underhill b. November 1, 1899, d. February 17, 1989 Children: 1. Betty Jane b. January 26, 1925 2. Steven Philip b. September 6, 1929 3. John (Jack) b. 1938. …
Þórunn F Jónsdóttir
Þórunn Florentina Jónsdóttir was born on August 18, 1882 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She took the name Flora Benson in Canada. Spouse: Björn Sigbjörnsson born February 1, 1883 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on November 7, 1918 in Selkirk of the Spanish flu. Children: 1. Norma Esther b. August 19, 1916 2. Laura Florentina b. January 25, 1918 3. Barney Stevens b. …
Ingibjörg O Frímannsdóttir
Ingibjörg Oddný Frímannsdóttir was born on August 15, 1849 in Meðalheim in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in Selkirk on March 7, 1924. Spouse: Jón Jónsson b, at Breiðstaðir in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 15, 1860, d. in Manitoba on March 10, 1950. He took the last name Skardal in the west. Children: 1. Bergdís b. 1884, d. 1954. Information on another five children …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born at Breiðstaðir in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 15, 1860. He died in Manitoba on March 10, 1950. He took the last name Skardal in the west. Spouse: Ingibjörg Oddný Frímannsdóttir b. August 15, 1849 in Meðalheim in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in Selkirk on March 7, 1924. Children: 1. Bergdís b. 1884, d. 1954. Information on another five …
Björgdís Jónsdóttir
Björgdís Jónsdóttir was born in 1884 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in 1954 in Selkirk, Manitoba. Spouse: Runólfur Sigbjörnsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1879, d. in Manitoba in 1954. He took the name R. S. Benson in Manitoba. Children: Information missing. Runólfur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 with his parents, Sigbjörn Ásbjörnsson and Stefanía Magnúsdóttir. They lived in Selkirk …
Guðrún Gísladóttir
Guðrún Gísladóttir was born in 1877 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. 1943. Spouse: 1899 Halli Björnsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1877, d. in New Iceland in 1935. Children: 1. Gísli stillborn 2. Halldór b. 1901 3. Björg b. 1902 4. Gísli b. 1904 5. Bjarni b. 1906 6. Magnúsína Guðrún (Sina) b. 1908 7. Jakob b. 1910, died immediately after birth 8. …
Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir
Gudrun Jakobina Sesselja Þorsteinsdóttir was born on February 6, 1884 in Minnesota. She died in Pipestone County, Minnesota on May 18, 1932. She took the last name Austdal in the west. Spouse: Lyle Dearborn b. August 25, 1877 in Illinois, d. January 3, 1957 in Lincoln County, Minnesota. Children: 1. Edna Shibley b. November 13, 1917 2. Inez b. October …
Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir
Kristín (Christine) Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1880 in the Lincoln County Settlement. She took the last name Westdal in the west. She died in 1962. Spouse: Sigurjón Valdimar Þorkelsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1877. He took the name Walter Gudmundsson in the west. He died in 1961. Children: 1. Alvin (Jack) Steindor b. 1901 2. Petur Willard b. 1905 3. Lila Bernice …
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir was born on November 10, 1853 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Minnesota on November 17, 1935. Spouse: Jón Magnússon b. in 1854 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Minnesota on May 15, 1939. He took the last name Strand in the west. Children: 1. Guðrún (Rúna) b. 1884 2. Jón Eyjólfur b. June 29, 1887 3. Gunnþórunn b. April …