Þorvaldur Guðmundsson was born on March 13, 1904 in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba. He died in Winnipeg on October 8, 1966. He had the name Thorvaldur Guðmundsson in the west. Spouse: August 14, 1931 Laufey Dorothy Jörundsdóttir b.in the Shoal Lake settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba on January 5, 1909. She took the name Laufey D Guðmundsson with …
Jóna G Guðmundsdóttir
Jóna Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir was born in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba on June 1, 1902. Spouse: Guðni Jónsson b. October 11, 1894 in Winnipeg. He had the last name Mýrdal in the west. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. in Lundar on April 8, 1923 2. Jón Guðni b. 1927, d. 1961 3. Margrét Ethel b. 1929 4. Þorvaldur (Thorvaldur) …
Guðni Jónsson
Guðni Jónsson was born on October 11, 1894 in Winnipeg. He had the last name Mýrdal in the west. Spouse: 1922 Jóna Guðrún b. June 1, 1902 in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. in Lundar on April 8, 1923 2. Jón Guðni b. 1927, d. 1961 3. Margrét Ethel b. 1929 4. Þorvaldur (Thorvaldur) …
Aðalbjörg Friðriksdóttir
Aðalbjörg Friðriksdóttir was born in Mozart, Saskatchewan in 1908. Spouse: Friðrik (Fred) Oberman b. October 23, 1913. Child: Cobbie. Aðalbjörg was the daughter of Friðrik Guðmundsson and Þorgerður Jónsdóttir who came west in 1905. Friðrik was the son of Laufey Friðriksdóttir, her aunt. and Jóhannes Oberman.
Arnþrúður Friðriksdóttir
Arnþrúður Friðriksdóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1905. Spouse: Halldór Stefánsson, information needed. Children: 1. Patricia 2. Þóra (Thora). Arnþrúður came west as a newborn in 1905 with her parents, Friðrik Guðmundsson and Þorgerður Jónsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in Winnipeg. Halldór was a teacher in Kandahar in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð).
Leo Jóhannesson
Leo Jóhannesson was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) May 7, 1908. He took his father’s father last name, Leo Thordarson, in the west. Spouse: April 3, 1939 Margaret McLeod, an American, b. February 11, 1906. Children: 1. Bruce Mcleod b. April 17, 1948 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Leo was the son Jóhannes Jasonarson and Guðrún Jörundsdóttir in the Lakes …
Jóhann Friðriksson
Jóhann Friðriksson was born in Þórshöfn in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 18, 1899. Spouse: 1) September 7, 1926 Kristrún Guðmundína Jónsdóttir b. in Riverton on April 3, 1896, d. August 15, 1927 2) Tina Marie Larson of Norwegian descent d. in Glenboro on July 13, 1959 3) January 25, 1961 Jensína Guðbjörg Halldórsdóttir b. June 2, 1899. Children: With Kristrún: …
Laufey Friðriksdóttir
Laufey Friðriksdóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on December 31, 1884. She died on October 28, 1969 in Holland. Spouse: August 23, 1912 Johannes Oberman b. October 23, 1887, d. in Holland in 1959. Children: 1. Friðrik (Fred) b. October 23, 1913 2. Fobbe Pieter b. March 30, 1915, d. October 8, 1941 3. Guðjón Guðmundur b. February 25, 1917, …
Edwin J Jóhannesson
Edwin Jóhannes Jóhannesson was born on April 8, 1906 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. He took the last name of his father’s father, Thordarson in the west Spouse: December 11, 1929 Evelyn May Pitt b. March 25, 1907, an American. Children: 1. Edwin Jóhannes b. July 22, 1929 in Mozart 2. Evans (Eyvindur) b. July 3, 1940 3. …
Ruby S Jóhannesdóttir
Ruby Svanborg Jóhannesdóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on April 2, 1904. She had the last name Thordarson in the west. Spouse: 1) Ralph Hickey d. 1944 2) John Jacobs. Childless. Ruby was the daughter of Jóhannes Jasonarson and Guðrún Jörundsdóttir in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.
