Margrét Ingibjörg Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1882. She died in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1972. Spouse: January 18, 1912 Stefán Arngrímsson b. in S. Múlasýsla on March 2, 1878. He died in Vancouver in 1948. Children: 1. Stefán Pétur b. January 10, 1920 2. Þórhallur Marvin b. November 25, 1928. One western source says the children were adopted, another …
Helga K Jónsdóttir
Helga Kristín Jónsdóttir was born in Garðar, N. Dakota on September 12, 1893. She died on September 9, 1976 in Vatnabyggð, Saskatchewan. She took the name Helga Johnson in the west. Spouse: January 25, 1918 Sigbjörn Arngrímsson born in Garðar, N. Dakota October 14, 1886, d. in Saskatchewan April 13, 1959. Children: 1.Pauline b. December 29, 1918 2. Þórunn b. October …
Sigbjörn Arngrímsson
Sigbjörn Arngrímsson was born in Garðar, N. Dakota on October 14, 1886. He died in Saskatchewan on April 13, 1959. Spouse: January 25, 1918 Helga Kristín Jónsdóttir born in N. Dakota September 12, 1893, d. September 9, 1976. Children: 1.Pauline b. December 29, 1918 2. Þórunn b. October 14, 1920 3. Sophie b. May 12, 1927 4. Peter b. November …
Haraldur Sigurðsson
Haraldur Sigurðsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 8, 1843. He died in Kenora, Ontario on April 27, 1935. He took the name Harold Sigurdson in the west. Spouse: 1888 Alice, a woman of Scottish descent. Children: 1. Edward, adopted. 2. Julia, adopted. Haraldur grew up at Espihól in Eyjafjordur and then lived in Akureyri. From there he started sailing …
Sigurður Sigurðsson
Sigurður Sigurðsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on May 15, 1885. Spouse: 1915 Guðbjörg Pálsdóttir b. 1896 in the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba, d. 1959 in Keewatin, Ontario. Children: 1. Sigurður Páll 2. Kar 3. Margrét Sigrún 4. Lilian Olive 5. Dorothy Joan 6. Phyllis Rose Mary Kristín 7. Harald Baldwin. Sigurður worked as a seaman in Iceland and England before …
Margrét V Þorvaldsdóttir
Margrét Valgerður Þorvaldsdóttir was born in 1891 in Gullbringusýsla. She died in 1930 in Keewatin, Ontario. Spouse: 1910 Magnús Sigurðsson born in Gullbringusýsla on August 5, 1883. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Ragnhildur 3. Sylvía 4. Ingibjörg 5. Guðrún 6. Hermann 7. Tómas 8. Ásdýs. Magnús came west to Canada in 1904, possibly on the same ship as Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson and his …
Magnús Sigurðsson
Magnús Sigurðsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on August 5, 1883. Spouse: 1910 Margrét Valgerður Þorvaldsdóttir b. 1891 in Gullbringusýsla, d. 1930 in Keewatin, Ontario. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Ragnhildur 3. Sylvía 4. Ingibjörg 5. Guðrún 6. Hermann 7. Tómas 8. Ásdýs. Magnús emigrateed west to Canada in 1904, possibly on the same ship as Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson and his daughter Margrét …
Ragnhildur Eyjólfsdóttir
Ragnhildur Eyjólfsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on July 13, 1873. She died in Keewatin, Ontario on October 19, 1916. Spouse: Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson born in 1866 in S. Múlasýslu. He died in Canada in 1928. Children: 1. Margrét Valgerður b. 1891, d. 1930 in Keewatin, Ontario 2. Ragnheiður Guðbjörg b. 1895, d. 1985 3. Ásgeir Þorsteinn b. 1897. Þorvaldur came west to …
Salóme P Þorsteinsdóttir
Salóme Pálína Þorsteinsdóttir was born in Mýrasýsla on October 5, 1867. Spouse: 1) 1897 Þorgrímur Thorgrímsen b. 1869 í Snæfellsnessýsly, d. April 3, 1901 in a railroad accident in Ontario. 2) 1914 Þorkell Magnússon born in Gullbringusýsla on August 12, 1866. Childless. Salóme emigrated west in 1892, first living in Winnipeg but moving in 1897 to Keewatin, Ontario with her …
Þórunn Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Þórunn Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on June 25, 1860. She died in Ontario on July 6, 1935. Spouse: August 18, 1884 Jón Pálmason born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on January 1, 1864. Children: Sigurjón Hjaltalín died as a youngster in Keewatin. They also had a foster son Hannes Jón Harald, the son of Guðrún Hannesdóttir and Pál Guðmundsson Harald. Jón and …