Guðmundur Sigurðsson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on March 8, 1873. He took the name George Snidal in the west. He died in 1941. Spouse: May 13, 1911 Ingunn Sigurðardóttir b. May 11, 1886 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. April 24, 1976. Children: 1. David Sigurður Ingibergur b. March 1, 1912 2. Georgina Guðbjörg b. June 16, 1915 3. Edgar Thomas b. …
Hjörtur Friðriksson
Hjörtur Friðriksson was born near Gimli in New Iceland on June 2, 1878. He died at the Höfn Care Home in Vancouver on July 4, 1961. Spouse: December 28, 1897 Guðrún Steinólfsdóttir b. September 16, 1877 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. in Vancouver on July 8, 1961. Children: 1. Ingunn b. June 19, 1899 2. Helga b. March 7, 1902 3. Margrét …
Vilhjálmur Ólafsson
Vilhjálmur Ólafsson was born in N. Dakota in 1882. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on November 22, 1951. He has the last name Olafson in the west. Spouse: Þorbjörg Lárusdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1879, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on November 11, 1959. Children: 1. Lára 2. Inga 3. Guðrún 4. Ragnheiður 5. Dorothy 6. Sigrún …
Magnús Gíslason
Magnús Gíslason was born in the West in 1887 and had the last name Einarson. He lived in Garðar, N. Dakota with his parents and moved with them to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and took land in the Wynyard Settlement.
Sigfús Jónsson
Sigfús Þórarinn Jónsson was born in the Garðar Settlement on March 2, 1885. He had the last name Hallgrimson in the west. Spouse: Sigríður Hansdóttir Sigfús was the son of Jón Hallgrímsson in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota and moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905. Sigríður was the daughter of Hans Kristinn Sigurbjörnsson who came …
Valgeir Jónsson
Valgeir Bergmann Jónsson was born in the Garðar Settlement on March 19, 1883. He had the name Geiri Hallgrimson in the west. Spouse: Lára Valdína Pálsdóttir b. in Iceland. Children: 1. Doris 2. Aldís 3. Glengarry Valgeir was the son of Jón Hallgrímsson and Sigríður Sigfúsdóttir Bergmann in the Garðar Settlement where Valgeir grew up. The family moved from there …
Sigfús Thorlacius
Sigfús Thorlacius was born on June 20, 1887 in N. Dakota. Unmarried and childless. He grew up in the Garðar settlement in the home of his parents, Hallgrímur Thorlacius and María Sigfúsdóttur Bergman. He moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1906 and took land in the Wynyard settlement.
Pétur Thorlacius
Pétur Thorlacius was born on January 12, 1886 in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. He died in Wynyard on December 24, 1972. Spouse: Guðrún Margrét Jónsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 26, 1900. Children: 1. Guðrún Irene b. December 9, 1920 2. Hallgrímur Jón b. January 26, 1923. Pétur grew up in the Garðar Settlement in …
Þorgeir Halldórsson
Þorgeir Halldórsson fæddist vestra. Maki: Þórunn Ólöf Guðmundsdóttir Þorgeir var sonur Halldórs Halldórssonar og Margrétar Eyjólfsdóttur úr Árnessýslu sem vestur fóru árið 1878. Þau bjuggu í Garðarbyggð í N. Dakota og þar ólst Þorgeir upp. Hann flutti í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1906 og settist að í Wynyardbyggð. Þar gekk hann í hjónaband. Eftir nokkur ár fluttu þau í Garðarbyggð …
Vilhjálmur Hansson
Vilhjálmur Hólm Hansson was born in N. Dakota in 1896. He died in 1958 in Saskatchewan. He had the name Wilhelm H. Niels or Nelson in the west. Spouse: November 6, 1913 Clara Hogan b. in N. Dakota, d. 1976. Children: 1. Þórunn 2. Joe b. December 12. desember 1914. Vilhjálmur moved from Milton, N. Dakota to the Lakes Settlement …