Magnús Pétursson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 2, 1869. He died in Winnipeg on June 5, 1945. Spouse: Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, likely from east Iceland. Children: Information is missing. Sources from the west (SÍV5 p. 303-304 and the Almanak 1946) say that Magnus emigrated west in 1890. In the census, he is listed in Iceland as a tenant at Laugavegur …
Jón Þorvarðarson
Jón Júlíus Þorvarðarson was born in Mýrasýsla on July 1, 1880. He died in Winnipeg on April 19, 1952. He took the last name Swanson in the west. Spouse: Kristín Jónsdóttir Children: 1. Wilfred 2. Raymond. Information is missing regarding their three daughters. Júlíus came west to Winnipeg in 1887 with his mother and siblings. His father, Þorvarður Sveinsson, had …
Halldór Halldórsson
Halldór Halldórsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 27, 1875. He died in Victoria, British Columbia on February 18, 1951. Spouse: Laura Larson of Danish descent. Children: 1. Páll Halldór moved to Australia in 1898 and worked there and in New Zealand for several years. He moved to Winnipeg in 1908 and he and worked in real estate sales and house …
Gísli Ólafsson
Gísli Ólafsson was born on June 1, 1855 in Ljósavatnsskarð in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg on August 8, 1909. Spouse: May 19, 1890 Elín Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1857, d. in Winnipeg on 1934. Children: 1. Alpha b. 1895, d. 1970. Gísli emigrated west to Winnipeg in 1886 with his parents, Ólafur Ólafsson and Rannveigur Sveinbjarnardóttir. …
Bergsveinn Matthíasson
Bergsveinn Matthíasson was born on February 7, 1857 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in Winnipeg on January 25, 1937. He took the last name Long in the west. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882. He worked extensively in the Temperance Movement in the city.
Albert K Jónsson
Albert Kristófer Jónsson was born in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 2, 1866. He died in Winnipeg on May 15, 1938. He took the name Albert C. Johnson in the west. Spouse: Elísabet Sigríður Sigurðardóttir b. in Manitoba. Children: 1. Albert Valtýr 2. Guðný 3. Guðrún 4. Alma 5. Helen. Their son, Harald, was lost at nearly twenty years of …
Kristján Sigurðsson
Kristján Sigurðsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1841. He took the last name Bakkmann in the west. Spouse: Viktoría Þiðriksdóttir b. 1847 in Húnavatnssýsla, died in N. Dakota on April 21, 1901. Children: Information on their children is missing. Viktoría had at least two children with her first husband, Jósef Gíslason: 1. Albert Viktor b. 1873 2. Þiðrik Sigmundur b. …
Júlíus Pálsson
Júlíus Pálsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1856. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1875 and settled in Lockeport.
Ingibjörg G Klemensdóttir
Ingibjörg Guðrún Klemensdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1832. Spouse: Guðmundur Einarsson d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Kristjana Margrét b. 1864 2. Jónas Steinn b. 1866. She came west with her sister and brother-in-law, Magnús Brynjólfsson, to Canada in 1875. They all moved to Markland, Nova Scotia.
Páll Snæbjarnarson
Páll Snæbjarnarson was born in 1820 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in Muskoka, Ontario on January 12, 1909. Widowed Children: 1. Solveig Ingibjörg b. February 26, 1858, d. October 31, 1924 2. Jórunn b. December 29, 1861, d. 1915 in Ontario 3. Guðrún b. February 21, 1866, d. October 19, 1950. They emigrated west to Ontario Canada in 1887 and settled in …