Þórarinn Jónsson was born at Skaftártungu in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1874. Spous: 1905 Guðrún Jónsdóttir from Árnessýsla. Þórarinn came west from Reykjavík in 1900 and worked for Búi Jónsson in fishing in the winters of the first years, but in the summer he lived in Winnipeg. He eventually moved to Winnipegosis.
Böðvar G Laxdal
Böðvar Gíslason was born in Dalasýsla on October 20, 1853. He died in Winnipeg on June 24, 1942. He took the last name Laxdal in the west. Spouse: Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir b. May 8, 1858, d. December 13, 1928 Children: 1. Jóhannes 2. Einar. They may have had more children. Böðvar came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived there …
Vigfús Þorsteinsson
Vigfús Þorsteinsson was born on October 23, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir b. August 4, 1855 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Guðný 3. Guðmundur Ólafur 4. Þorsteinn Vigfús and Guðríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883. They lived there for a while, but then moved to Shellmouth, Saskatchewan and to the Þingvalla Settlement in 1886. In 1894, …
Guðmundur Guðbrandsson
Guðmundur Guðbrandsson was born in 1861 at Álftanes in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: Elín Sigurðardóttir b. 1872 in Árnessýsla. Children: 1. Ásta 2. Edward Ágúst 3. Óskar 4. Dagmar 5. Karl 6. Halldór. Guðmundur was the son of Ástríður Árnadóttir and Guðbrandur Hinriksson who died when Guðmundur was 4 years old. She later married Narfi Halldórsson and the couple came west in …
Árni S Jósefsson
Árni S Jósefsson fæddist í Manitoba 1. júlí, 1884. Dáinn 3. ágúst, 1922 í Big Point byggð í Manitoba. Helgason vestra. Maki: Jónassína María Guðmundsdóttir f. 1884 í N. Þingeyjarsýslu. Börn: 1. Árni Árni var sonur Jósefs Helgasonar og Guðrúnar Árnadóttur. Hann flutti með þeim milli staða í Manitoba barnungur en festi rætur í Big Point byggð árið 1897. Jónassína …
Jón Þórðarson
Jón Þórðarson was born at Akranes in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on November 25, 1863. Spouse: Guðfinna Tómasdóttir b. August 21, 1861 in Árnessýsla. Children: 1. Tómas Ingimar 2. Albert Þórður 3. Guðmundur Frímann 4. Guðjón 5. Gústaf Adolf 6. Bjarni 7. Gordon 8. Guðrún Victoria 9. Guðjón Ágúst. Jón came west across the sea in 1886 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and, after a short …
Sigurbjörg Helgadóttir
Sigurbjörg Helgadóttir was born in Mountain, N. Dakota on November 13, 1897. She died on May 8, 1985. She had the last name Stefansson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Sigurbjörg was the daughter of Helgi Stefánsson and Þuríður Jónsdóttir of S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She grew up in Mountain, N. Dakota and in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. She moved …
Guðmundur Sigurbjörnsson
Guðmundur Sigurbjörnsson was born in N. Dakota. Spouse: Ingibjörg Sæmundsdóttir b. 1885 in Gullbringusýsla. Guðmundur came to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1908. Ingibjörg was the daughter of Sæmundur Sigurðsson and Steinunn Arinbjarnardóttir who came west from Gullbringusýsla in 1893.
Tryggvi Ólafsson
Tryggvi Ólafsson was born in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: Málmfríður Benjamínsdóttir b. in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Jónína Þuríður 2. Margrét Stefanía 3. Harald Edvin Tryggvi was the son of Ólafur Árnason and Margrét Halldórsdóttir who came west and settled in New Iceland in 1876 and later moved to N. …
Elín Jóhannesdóttir
Elín Jóhannesdóttir was born in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1888. She had the last name Melsted in the west. Spouse: George Scyrup. He was born in Hallson, N. Dakota to a German father, but his mother was Sigurrós (Rósa) Jónatansdóttir Halldórsson of Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Thelma Sigurrós b. 1910 in N. Dakota 2. Pauline (Polly) b. 1913 …