Jóhannes Sigurgeirsson was born in Gimli, Manitoba on February 15, 1880. He died in Chicago on September 25, 1944. He had the name Johannes S. Björnson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Jóhannes was the son of the couple Sigurgeir Björnsson and Guðfinna Jóhannesdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland in 1874. He was just a few months old when he …
Jón Ólafsson Foss
Jón Ólafsson Foss was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 26, 1888. He died in Cavalier, N. Dakota on November 4, 1922. Spouse: Elísabet Lára Kristjánsdóttir b. in Reykjavík on September 22, 1890, d. April 4, 1960 in Reykjavík. They divorced. Children: Áslaug b. July 24, 1913. Jón Ólafsson came west alone in 1921 and settled in Cavalier, N. Dakota.
Hans Halldórsson
Hans Edward Moritz Halldórsson was born on April 19, 1854 in Reykjavík. He died in the Park Settlement in N. Dakota on October 19, 1911. Spouse: 1883 Jóhanna Birgitta Herazceh b. in Denmark Children: They had three sons and two daughters. They came west from Demark in 1892 and settled in the Park Settlement in N. Dakota.
Hjálmar Á Eiríksson
Hjálmar Ágúst Eiríksson fæddist í Garðar í N. Dakota 22. ágúst, 1881. Dáinn í Winnipeg 20. janúar, 1848. Bergman vestra. Maki: 29.júní, 1907 Emelía Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir f. 9. mars, 1886 Börn: Ethel Ingibjörg f. 14. maí, 1909 í Winnipeg 2. Norman Stephan f. 29. maí, 1913 3. Erik Herbert f. 24. desember, 1914. Hjálmar var sonur Eiríks Hjálmarssonar og Ingibjargar …
Emile Walters
Emile Walters fæddist í Winnipeg um 1890. Hann lést árið 1977. Maki: Þórstína Þorleifsdóttir f. 1887 í Akrabyggð í N. Dakota, d. 1959. Thorstina Jackson vestra. Emile var sonur Páls Eiríkssonar og Bjargar Jónsdóttur í Skagafirði. Þau fluttu til Winnipeg árið 1887. Emile flutti barnungur með fósturforeldrum sínum, Guðlaugi Kristjánssyni og konu hans Önnu Þorleifsdóttur til Garðar í N. Dakota. …
Jóhann Sveinsson
Jóhann Sveinsson was born in N. Múlasýsla before 1860. He died in Alberta in 1924. Spouse: 1883 Steinunn Jasonardóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1867. They had 15 children, 12 lived. See names of children in Steinunn’s card. Jóhann would have come west with his parents, Sveinn Þorsteinsson and Sigurbjörg Björnsdóttir, and siblings in 1876. They moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and …
Sigurður Hansson
Sigurður Hansson fæddist 30. mars, 1853 í Dalasýslu. Hjaltalín vestra. Hann ólst upp hjá foreldrum sínum í Hnappadalssýsly, þeim Hans Hjaltalín og Sigríði Sigurðardóttur. Hann flutti vestur um haf árið 1883 og nam land suður af Mountain í Thingvallabyggð.
Gísli K Eiríksson
Gísli Konráð Eiríksson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1843. He died in N. Dakota on November 7, 1887. Spouse: Þórvör Jónasdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 29, 1859. She died on May 4, 1934. Children: 1. Sigríður Efemía b. September 23, 1883, d. June 15, 1949 2. Gísli Jónas b. August 21, 1885, d. November 29, 1905 3. Konráð Benedikt b. …
Gísli Brandsson
Gísli Brandsson was born in Dalasýsla in 1828. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and moved in the same year to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. His half-brother, Jón Brandsson who had come west in 1878 lived there.
Jakob Jónsson
Jakob Jónsson was born on June 14, 1850 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: 1) Valgerður Björnsdóttir from Þingeyjarsýsla 2) Guðrún Jóhannsdóttir of Skagafjörður. Children: With Valgerður: 1. Kristín 2. Valgerður 3. Karl. Jakob came west to New Iceland 1876 and lived there until 1879. He took land that year in the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota but later took land in the …
