Stefán Þorsteinsson was born in Vopnafjarðarhreppur in N. Múlasýsla on October 12, 1833. He died on March 15, 1893. Spouse: Sigurborg Sigfúsdóttir b. 1833 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1900. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1862 2. Þórey b. 1867 3. Steinunn b. 1873. They came west in 1876 and spent the first winter near Gimli. They moved to the Hnausa Settlement …
Stefán Þórarinsson
Stefán Þórarinsson var fæddur 7. desember, 1842 í Mjóafirði í S. Múlasýslu. Dáinn 10.júní, 1919 Maki: 1. Þóranna Magnúsdóttir. Dó á Íslandi 1872 2. Þuríður Jónsdóttir f. 1842. Dáin 1896. Börn: Með Þórönnu 1. Stefanía f. 16.mars, 1871. Dáin 1902. Tvö börn þeirra dóu á Íslandi. Með Þuríði: 1. Jón f. 10. ágúst, 1875 2. Ólafur f. 16. desember, 1879. …
Job Sigurðsson
Job Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1854. He died on April 9, 1945. Spouse: 1) November 24, 1878 Þórunn Bjarnadóttir b. January 28, 1843 in N. Múlasýsla, d. September 4, 1929. They divorced. 2) Valgerður Þorsteinsdóttir b. July 14, 1859, d. March 20, 1920. Children: With Þórunn: 1. Einar b. February 16, 1878, d. 1961 2. Jóhannes Tryggvi b. …
Baldvin Jónsson
Baldvin Jónsson was born on May 13, 1851 at Svartárkot in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on May 28, 1938. Spouse: Arnfríður Jónsdóttir b. April 15, 1849, d. May 4, 1937 Children: 1. Jón b. 1876. d. January 17, 1883 2. Vilhjálmur b. December 24, 1879, d. January 18, 1883 3. Eysteinn b. August 11, 1882, d. January 19, …
Benedikt Jónasson
Benedikt Jónasson var fæddur á Krossi í Ljósavatnsskarði í S. Þingeyjarsýslu 3.maí, 1850. Dáinn 1. september, 1907. Maki: Anna Una Torfadóttir f. 1855 í N.Múlasýslu. Hún fór vestur árið 1883. Börn: 1. María Torfhildur 2. Alexander Frímann 3. Karl Emil 4. Guðrún Ethel. Benedikt fór einsamall vestur árið 1874 og dvaldi í Ontario fyrst um sinn. Flutti til Nýja …
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Jónsson was born at Víðidal in Húnavatnssýsla on May 6, 1853. He died on September 24, 1933. He took the last name Vidal in the west. Spouse: Kristín Grímsdóttir b. at Víðidal in Húnavatnssýsla on November 28, 1855, d. April 22, 1939. Children: 1. Sigurrós b. 1878 2. Haraldur b. 1880 3. Sigvaldi b. 1881 4. Rögnvaldur b. 1883 …
Sigurður Björnsson
Sigurður Björnsson was born in Skriðdal in S. Múlasýsla in 1834. He died in 1892. Spouse: Guðfinna Oddsdóttir was born in Skriðdal in S. Múlasýsla in 1846. She died on February 27, 1920. Children: 1. Helga b. 1868 2 Björn b. 1868. 3. Jón b. 1870 (1872?) 4. Guðný María b. 1877 5. Anna b. 1880. Two children remained in …
Ólafur Árnason
Ólafur Árnason was born on May 3, 1834 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on October 4, 1904. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: October 1, 1867 Margrét Halldórsdóttir b. at Húsavík in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 13, 1845, d. December 20, 1937 in Hensel. Children: 1. Jarþrúður b. 1867, d. 1868 2. Guðjón (Jón) b. March 3, …
Marteinn Jónsson
Marteinn Jónsson was born at Kelduhólir in Vallir in S. Múlasýsla on July 20, 1832. He died in 1920. Spouse: July 31, 1862 Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. 1828 in S. Múlasýsla, d. 1916. Children: 1. Bjarni b. 1863 d. 1940 2. Ragnhildur b. 1867 3. Runólfur b. 1870, d. 1959 They came west in 1883 and lived in Winnipeg the first …
Guðjón Þorsteinsson
Guðjón Þorsteinsson was born at Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 1, 1852. He died on February 10, 1928. He took the name John Stone in the west. Spouse: 1883 Margrét Jónsdóttir b. October 1, 1861 in S. Múlasýsla, d. January 29, 1937 Children: Ólöf Guðríður b. August 23, 1884, d. December 6, 1896. 2. Sigríður (Sarah) b. …
