Guðmundur Gíslason was born on September 30, 1862 in Dalasýslu. He was the son of Saura Gísla. He took the last name Laxdal in the west. Spouse: Halldóra Kristjánsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla in 1855. Children: 1. Sara 2. Þorbjörg 3. Kristrún 4. Jón 5. Hringur. Guðmundur came west alone in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he lived for some time. …
Þorkell Jóhannsson
Þorkell Jóhannsson was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1859. Spouse: 1) Guðný Kristjánsdóttir b. 1846 in Dalasýsla, d. 1905 in Saskatchewan. 2) Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla in 1867. Children: With Guðný: 1. Lárus Jóhann b. 1883. Guðný had a daughter, Málfríður Ólafsdóttir, who came west with them. Þorkell had three children with Ingibjörg, one died young. Þorkell and Guðný came …
Guðný Kristjánsdóttir
Guðný Kristjánsdóttir was born on October 8, 1845 in Dalasýsla. She died on November 6, 1906 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Þorkell Jóhannsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1859. Children: 1. Lárus Jóhann b. 1883. Guðný had a daughter, Málfríður Ólafsdóttir, who came west with them. Þorkell and Guðný came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. They lived for three years in the …
Salóme Þórhallsdóttir
Salóme Þórhallsdóttir was born on March 20, 1841 in Snæfellsnessýsla. She died in Winnipeg on March 30, 1894. Spouse: Egill Guðbrandsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1830. Children: 1. Matthías Stefán b. 1865 2. Magnús Kristján b. 1868 3. Þórunn b. 1870 4. Kristný b. 1875. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in Mikley. There Egill built …
Benedikt Oddsson
Benedikt Oddsson was born in Dalasýsla on December 23, 1837. Spouse: 1) Ingibjörg Þorkelsdóttir b. 1828, they divorced 2) Ólína K. Andrésdóttir b. October 26, 1857, d. in Toronto on January 12, 1925. Children: With Ingibjörg: 1. Pétur b. 1858 2. Lárus b. 1860. With Ólína: 1. Ólafía Oktavía b. October 24, 1880 2. Anonymous daughter b. in the west; …
Björg Guðlaugsdóttir
Björg Guðlaugsdóttir was born on June 26, 1824 in Dalasýsla. She died in the Shoal Lake (Grunnavatn) Settlement in Manitoba on July 4, 1905. Spouse: Guðmundur Guðmundsson d. January 28, 1881. Children: 1. Þorbjörg b. 1844, came west in 1885 2. Guðrún b. 1849 3. Guðmundur b. 1851 4. Jóhann Kristín b. 1854. Björg came west in 1904 from Gvendareyjar …
Egill Guðbrandsson
Egill Guðbrandsson was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1830. Spouse: Salóme Þórhallsdóttir b. 1842 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Children: 1. Matthías Stefán b. 1865 2. Magnús Kristján b. 1868 3. Þórunn b. 1870 4. Kristný b. 1875. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in Mikley. There Egill built a house on the land Melstaðir and named it Egilsstaðir. They …