Jón Sigurðsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1844. He took the last name Jones in the west. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Canada in 1876 but moved early-after south to Minneota, Minnesota where he lived the rest of his life.
Regína M Sigtryggsdóttir
Regína Magdalena Sigtryggsdóttir was born in 1879 inS. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in San Francisco on February 28, 1966. Unmarried and childless. Regína was the daughter of Sigtryggur Kristjánsson and Anna Benediktsdóttir of Kasthvammur. She went to England in 1906 and from there west to Winnipeg a year later, the same year her parents and brothers emigrated west. She moved west …
Sigurbjörg Árnadóttir
Sigurbjörg Árnadóttir was born in 1885 in Minnesota. She died in Minneota in 1969. She took the first name Bertha in the west. Spouse: June 16, 1913 Árni Árnason b. in N. Múlasýsla on May 7, 1883, d. in Lyon County on September 10, 1935. He took the name Arni (Ernest) Magnusson in the west. Children: Josephine Sigurbjörg b. May 22, …
Eiríkur Björnsson
Eiríkur Björnsson was born on January 26, 1851 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Arborg, Manitoba on November 16, 1936. Spouse: Aðalbjörg Jónsdóttir b. September 19, 1844, d. in Arborg on September 10, 1933. Children: 1. Aðalbjörg b. September 22, 1877 2. Stefán b. 1882 3. Sveinn Sigurvin b. October 13, 1885. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1904, …
Sesselja S Guðmundsdóttir
Sesselja Sigurbjörg Jakobína Guðmundsdóttir was born on September 21, 1893 in Lincoln County in Minnesota. She died on June 15, 1975 in Minnesota. She had the last name Gottskalksson in the west. Spouse: November 22, 1911 Jóhannes Einarsson b. March 15, 1879 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Lincoln County, Minnesota on February 11, 1969. He took the name John Phillip Josephson …
Þórdís Snorradóttir
Þórdís Snorradóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on August 24, 1874. She died in Minneota, Minnesota on February 27, 1900. Spouse: November 29, 1895 Jóhann Arngrímur Vigfússon b. in N. Múlasýsla on April 5, 1862. He died in Minneota, Minnesota on July 8, 1950. He took the last name Josefson in the west. Childless. Þórdís was the daughter of Snorri Jónsson …
Jóhann Vigfússon
Jóhann Arngrímur Vigfússon was born in N. Múlasýsla on April 5, 1862. He died in Minneota, Minnesota on July 8, 1950. He took the last name Josefson in the west. Spouse: 1) November 29, 1895 1. Þórdís Snorradóttir b. August 24, 1874, d. February 27, 1900 2) May 26, 1906 Guðný Sigbjörnsdóttir b. 1871, d. May 3, 1946. Children: All …
Hallbjörg Bergsdóttir
Hallbjörg Bergsdóttir was born on April 13, 1882 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. She died in 1981 in Lyon County in Minnesota. She took the name Bertha Holm in Minnesota. Spouse: 1906 Sigurður Snorri Jóhann Þorláksson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 2, 1877. He died in Marshall, Minnesota on May 31, 1960. He took the name Johann S. Johnson or Joe Johnson in …
Frank Snorrason
Frank Guy Byron Snorrason was born on November 18, 1886 in Lyon County, Minnesota. He had the name Frank Guy Byron Hognason in the west. Spouse: Joan Tatten d. 1975 in Clarkdale, Arizona. Children: 1. Arnold b. July 15, 1906, d. 1989 2. Harold b. December 4, 1913, d. November 2, 1999. Frank was the son of Snorri Högnason and …
Jóhanna Þ Snorradóttir
Jóhanna Þórunn Snorradóttir was born in Minnesota on December 21, 1881. She died in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota on September 30, 1962. She had the name Johanna Thorunn Hognason in the west. Unmarried and childless. Jóhanna was the daughter of Snorra Högnason and his wife Vilborg Jónatansdóttir. She chose the education path and completed four years of teacher training in …