Guðbjörg Ólafsdóttir was born in 1845 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died in 1930 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Einar Ólafsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1831, d. in Saskatchewan in 1900. Children: 1. Ólafur b. 1876 2. Einar b. 1878 3. Halldóra b. 1878 (twin) They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and from there on to Langenburg which is now in Saskatchewan. From …
Helga K Bjarnadóttir
Helga Kristín Bjarnadóttir was born on March 5, 1878 in Mikley in New Iceland. Spouse: Sigurður Jónasson b. in Dalasýsla on April 26, 1878, d. in Saskatchewan on March 1, 1953 Children: 1. Stefán b. 1904, d. May 10, 1926 Helga was the daughter of Bjarni Pétursson and Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, early homesteaders in Mikley and in Mountain, N. Dakota. Sigurður came …
Narfi Narfason
Narfi Narfason was born in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on May 30, 1891. Spouse: Jakobína Gróa Bjarnadóttir b. May 3, 1894 in Vatnabyggð. Children: 1. Anna Margaret b. June 27, 1917. Narfi was the son of Guðbrandur Narfason and Anna María Eiríksdóttir who came west in 1883. Jakobína’s parents were Bjarni Jasonarson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir who lived in …
Rósa Jóhannesdóttir
Guðrún Rósa Jóhannesdóttir was born in 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: 1887 Jón Sigfússon b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1857, d. 1937 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Thorlacius in the west. Children: 1. Bjarni J. b. 1891 2. Sigfús Daníel b. 1898. Guðrún’s parents, Jóhannes Bjarnason and Lilja Guðrún Daníelsdóttir, came west in 1883 with …
Hildur J Jónsdóttir
Hildur Jósefína Jónsdóttir was born in 1838 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Spouse: Sigurður Andrésson b. in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1841. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Children: 1. Jón Hjaltalín b. 1871 2. Hjalti b. 1875. They came west to Manitoba in 1887 and first lived in Winnipeg. They moved from there to the Hólar settlement in Saskatchewan.
Jóhanna R Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Rósa Jónsdóttir was born on August 2, 1872 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died on December 7, 1925 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Tryggvi Þorsteinsson b. April 23, 1864 in Árnessýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on September 22, 1940. Children: 1. Jón b. June 1, 1892 2. Helga b. December 1, 1900. Tryggvi came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and worked for farmers near …
Olga Nielsen
Olga Nielsen was born on January 31, 1888 in Ísafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Björn Stefánsson b. October 29, 1871 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Roseau, Minnesota on August 28, 1962. Children: 1. Stefán 2. Guðrún 3. Anna Katrín 4. Jónas. Olga was a few months old when her mother Guðrún Halldórsdóttir and her second husband Magnús Davíðsson came west in 1888. Olga’s father …
Oscar J Asbjornson
Óskar Jósefsson was born in Lincoln County in Minnesota on March 17, 1890. He died on July 28, 1972 in Cascade in Fergus County, Montana. He had the name Oscar Joseph Asbjornson in the west. Spouse: 1910 Gunnþórunn Jónsdóttir b. April 9, 1888 in Lincoln County, Minnesota, d. July 16, 1972 in Montana. She had the name Thora Strand in …
Sigurjón Ólafsson
Sigurjón Ólafsson was born on May 29, 1872 in Gullbringusýsla. He died on October 26, 1952 in California. Spouse: Lovise Henrietta Valborg Zeuthen b. April 20, 1876 in Iceland. Children: 1. Helga Agnes b. August 24, 1894. Sigurjón emigrated from Iceland in 1911 and landed in New York.
Guðný Bjarnadóttir
Guðný Bjarnadóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1874. Spouse: Sigurlaugur A Sigfússon b. 1870 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He was known as S. A. Sigfuson in the west. Children: Ingibjörg b. 1896 2. Sigríður b. 1900 3. Vilmundur 4. Sigurður Eggert 5. Bjarni b. September 20, 1903 6. Lilja Arnfríður 7. Valtýr 8. Halldór. Guðný came west to N. Dakota in 1883 with …