William Olson fæddist í Winnipeg. Ólst þar upp hjá foreldrum sínum Haraldi Jóhannessyni Olson og Karítas Hansínu Einarsdóttur. Hann fór með bróður sínum Baldri vestur í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan og nam land í Wynyardbuggð líkt og hann. En bág heilsa kom í veg fyrir landbúnaðarstörf. William flutti úr byggðinni og fór vestur að Kyrrahafi þar sem hann dvaldi einhvern tíma. …
Baldur Olson
Baldur Haraldsson fæddist 2. apríl, 1888 í Winnipeg. Dáinn 14. september, 1952 í Manitoba. Dr. Baldur H. Olson vestra. Maki: 16. apríl, 1916 Sigríður Jónsdóttir Börn: Þau áttu tvo syni og tvær dætur. Baldur lauk prófi frá Wesley College í Winnipeg árið 1911 og læknisfræði frá Manitobaháskóla árið 1915. Hann fór í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1906 og nam land …
Ásbjörn Pálsson
Ásbjörn Pálsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 31, 1884. He died on Vancouver Island, British Columbia on January 11, 1951. Spouse: November 17, 1909 Bergrós Sigfúsdóttir b. August 25, 1886. Children: 1. Jóhanna Pálína b. September 12, 1910 2. Franklin b. February 1, 1912 3. Oscar b. September 24, 1916 4. Victor b. May 24, 1918, d. October 1, …
Páll Jónsson
Páll Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1856. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1930. Spouse: Ólína Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. May 18, 1940 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Jón Valdimar b. 1897, d. 1946 2. Sigrún b. 1895 in Hallson, N. Dakota 3. Unnur b. in Svold in 1900. They lived for a time …
Hannes Skúlason
Hannes Skúlason was born in the west and had the last name Anderson. Spouse: Margrét Guðmundsdóttir b. 1888 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Sigurður 2. Lára 3. Skúli 4. Kristín 5. William Guðmundur 6. Louisa Katrín 7. Carl 8. Earl 9. Hannes. Hannes was the son of Skúli Árnason who came west from N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1873. Hannes moved to …
Jóhann Halldórsson
Jóhann Halldórsson was born in the west. He is registered as Johann Jacobson in Canada. His parents, Halldór Jakobsson and Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, came west to New Iceland in 1876 but then made their way to Mountain, N. Dakota. They later moved to Mouse River and then went north to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan and then on to the Lakes Settlement …
Sigurður Friðriksson
Sigurður Friðriksson was born on February 3, 1888 in Milton, N. Dakota. He is registered as Sigurður F. Bjarnason in Canada. Spouse: 1913 Þóra Hansdóttir b. in Mountain, N. Dakota. Children: 1. Valdimar 2. Mildfríður. Sigurður was the son of Friðrik Bjarnason and Mildfríður Árnadóttir who came west in 1874 to Ontario, Canada. They settled in New Iceland in 1875 …
Bjarni Friðriksson
Bjarni Friðriksson was born in N. Dakota in 1882. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1946. He had the name Bjarni F. Bjarnason in the west. Spouse: Helga Stefánsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1882, d. 1963. Children: 1. Friðrik b. 1908 2. Rúna b. 1911. Bjarni was the son of Friðrik Bjarnason and Mildfríður Árnadóttir who came west …
Jakob Friðriksson
Jakob Friðriksson was born in the west. He is registered as Jakob F. Bjarnason in the west. Spouse: Vilborg Gísladóttir Children: 1. Hafsteinn. Foster children 2. Jóhanna Margrét 3. Þórhallur Jakob was the son of Friðrik Bjarnason and Mildfríður Árnadóttir who came west to 1874 to Ontario, Canada. They settled in New Iceland in 1875 and moved from there in …
Óli Jóhannesson
Óli Jóhannesson was born on July 12, 1880 in Parry Sound, Ontario in Canada. He died on June 27, 1957 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. He has the name Oli J. Halldorson in the west. Spouse: January 28, 1912 Lára Lárusdóttur b. October 15, 1888 in Pembina, N. Dakota, d. June 20, 1959. Children: 1. Anna Hólmfríður 2. Luella 3. Dorothy 4. …