Guðmundur Guðbrandsson

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Guðmundur Guðbrandsson was born at Skagi in Dýrafjörður in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1865. Spouse: Sigurlína Hinriksdóttir b. in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1865. Children:  All born in the west: 1. Guðbrandur 2. Sigríður 3. Ingvar 4. Valgerður 5. Markús Finnibogi. They came west in 1891 and lived for 3 years in Brandon, Manitoba. They moved from there to Winnipegosis in 1899.

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Bjarni Sturlaugsson

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Bjarni Sturlaugsson was born in Dalasýsla on November 22, 1864. He died on March 22, 1946 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Guðrún Finnsdóttir b.in Rangárvallasysla in 1870. Children: They had one child who died at age one. Bjarni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived in N. Dakota the first years. He moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1902 and lived …

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Thorlákur L Laxdal

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Thorlákur Ludvig Guðbrandur fæddist 17. janúar, 1913 í Kandahar í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan. Laxdal vestra. Maki: Blanch George Thorlákur ólst upp hjá foreldrum sínum fyrst í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan og seinna í Milwaukie í Oregon þar sem seinna festi sjálfur rætur.  

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Eggert A Laxdal

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Eggert Albert Sigurður was born in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan on July 24, 1906. He had the last name Laxdal in the west. Spouse: Lois Baumgarten Children: Albert Lee Eggert was the son of Lúðvík Laxdal and Margrét Þorláksdóttir. He grew up in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan, but moved in 1919 to Milwaukie, Oregon. He later moved from there …

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Árni Björn Laxdal

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Árni Björn Laxdal fæddist í Winnipeg 5. maí, 1899. Maki: Eunice Flannigan. Börn: 1. Patricia L. Árni flutti með foreldrum sínum í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1904 og þaðan til Milwaukie í Oregon árið 1819.

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Sigurður Bjarnason

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Sigurður Bjarnason was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1880. He sailed west across the ocean and bought land in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan, as did his father, Bjarni Helgason, and his sister Þorbjörg. He sold his land and moved to the village of Wynyard.

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Bjarni Helgason

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Bjarni Helgason fæddist 10. maí, 1832 í Húnavatnssýslu. Dáinn í Vatnabyggð í Saskactchewan 16. júní, 1922. Maki: Helga Jónasdóttir f. 25. mars, 1837 í Eyjafjarðarsýslu, d. 20. nóvember, 1915. Börn: 1. Ósk f. 12. mars, 1862 2. Sigríður f. 22. mars, 1864 3. Jóhann f. 7. desember, 1865 4. Helgi f. 7. júní, 1867 5. Björn f. 14. september, 1870 6. …

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Páll Friðbjörnsson

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Páll Friðbjörnsson was born in Canada after 1873. He lived with his parents, Friðbjörn Björnsson and Anna Árnadóttur, in Ontario and later in New Iceland. He moved with them to N. Dakota in 1881 and grew up in the Thingvalla Settlement. He settled in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in either 1906 or 1907, but then sold his land …

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Björn Björnsson

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Björn Björnsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 30, 1885. He died in Vancouver in 1969. He took the name Bjorn Bjornson in the west. Spouse: Kristjana Rakel Sveinsdóttir b. May 18, 1888, d. 1971. She took the name Lella Sveinson in the west. Children: 1. Sveinn Haraldur b. 1910 2. Karl Normann b. 1914 3. Anna b. 1915 4. …

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Jónína Á Hallgrímsdóttir

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Jónína Ágústa Hallgrímsdótir was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 23, 1891. She died at Betel Care Home in Gimli, Manitoba in 1969. She had the names Backman and later Tallman in the west. Spouse: Hardy Tallmann b. 1886, a Canadian. Children: 1. Richard b. 1910 2. Gordon b. 1912 3. Lillian b. 1913 4. Stanley b. 1914. Jónína moved …

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