Sigurður Sigurðsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on May 15, 1885. Spouse: 1915 Guðbjörg Pálsdóttir b. 1896 in the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba, d. 1959 in Keewatin, Ontario. Children: 1. Sigurður Páll 2. Kar 3. Margrét Sigrún 4. Lilian Olive 5. Dorothy Joan 6. Phyllis Rose Mary Kristín 7. Harald Baldwin. Sigurður worked as a seaman in Iceland and England before …
Margrét V Þorvaldsdóttir
Margrét Valgerður Þorvaldsdóttir was born in 1891 in Gullbringusýsla. She died in 1930 in Keewatin, Ontario. Spouse: 1910 Magnús Sigurðsson born in Gullbringusýsla on August 5, 1883. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Ragnhildur 3. Sylvía 4. Ingibjörg 5. Guðrún 6. Hermann 7. Tómas 8. Ásdýs. Magnús came west to Canada in 1904, possibly on the same ship as Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson and his …
Magnús Sigurðsson
Magnús Sigurðsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on August 5, 1883. Spouse: 1910 Margrét Valgerður Þorvaldsdóttir b. 1891 in Gullbringusýsla, d. 1930 in Keewatin, Ontario. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Ragnhildur 3. Sylvía 4. Ingibjörg 5. Guðrún 6. Hermann 7. Tómas 8. Ásdýs. Magnús emigrateed west to Canada in 1904, possibly on the same ship as Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson and his daughter Margrét …
Ragnhildur Eyjólfsdóttir
Ragnhildur Eyjólfsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on July 13, 1873. She died in Keewatin, Ontario on October 19, 1916. Spouse: Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson born in 1866 in S. Múlasýslu. He died in Canada in 1928. Children: 1. Margrét Valgerður b. 1891, d. 1930 in Keewatin, Ontario 2. Ragnheiður Guðbjörg b. 1895, d. 1985 3. Ásgeir Þorsteinn b. 1897. Þorvaldur came west to …
Salóme P Þorsteinsdóttir
Salóme Pálína Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Mýrasýsla on October 5, 1867. Spouse: 1) 1897 Þorgrímur Thorgrímsen b. 1869 í Snæfellsnessýsly, d. April 3, 1901 in a railroad accident in Ontario. 2) 1914 Þorkell Magnússon born in Gullbringusýsla on August 12, 1866. Childless. Salóme emigrated west in 1892, first living in Winnipeg but moving in 1897 to Keewatin, Ontario with her …
Þórunn Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Þórunn Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on June 25, 1860. She died in Ontario on July 6, 1935. Spouse: August 18, 1884 Jón Pálmason born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on January 1, 1864. Children: Sigurjón Hjaltalín died as a youngster in Keewatin. They also had a foster son Hannes Jón Harald, the son of Guðrún Hannesdóttir and Pál Guðmundsson Harald. Jón and …
Jón Pálmason
Jón Pálmason was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on January 1, 1864. Spouse: August 18, 1884 Þórunn Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on June 25, 1860, d. in Ontario July 6, 1935. Children: Sigurjón Hjaltalín died as a youngster in Keewatin. They also had a foster son Hannes Jón Harald, the son of Guðrún Hannesdóttir and Pál Guðmundsson. Jón and Þórunn emigrated …
Margrét Ísleifsdóttir
Margrét Ísleifsdóttir was born at Neðri Glerá in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1881. Spouse: Hólmkell Jósefsson b. in Axarfjörður in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. Children: 1. Björnína Sumarrós 2. Clara Jósefína Málmfríður 3. Laufey Petrína 4. Júlía Magdalena 5. Oscar Hólmkell came west with his father and brothers in 1878 and bought land in the Argyle Settlement in 1883. Margrét came west …
Kristján Einarsson
Kristján Einarsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla on July 13, 1873. He died on December 8, 1964 in Ósland. Spouse: Gróa Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir b. April 17, 1875 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. December 30, 1973. Children: 1. Ásta Katrín 2. Elín Jóhanna b. July 17, 1917. Kristján emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1910 and worked there as a carpenter. He moved …
Guðmunda Jónsdóttir
Guðmunda Jónsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on September 7, 1883, d. July 18, 1959. She took the name Minnie Gudrun Green. Spouse: twice married 1) McConnell, information missing 2) Green. Children: Information missing. Guðmunda came west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1886 with her mother, Guðrún Eiríksdóttir.