Jón Pálmason was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on January 1, 1864. Spouse: August 18, 1884 Þórunn Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on June 25, 1860, d. in Ontario July 6, 1935. 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. Jón and Þórunn emigrated …
Margrét Ísleifsdóttir
Margrét Ísleifsdóttir was born at Neðri Glerá in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1881. Spouse: Hólmkell Jósefsson b. in Axarfjörður in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. Children: 1. Björnína Sumarrós 2. Clara Jósefína Málmfríður 3. Laufey Petrína 4. Júlía Magdalena 5. Oscar Hólmkell came west with his father and brothers in 1878 and bought land in the Argyle Settlement in 1883. Margrét came west …
Kristján Einarsson
Kristján Einarsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla on July 13, 1873. He died on December 8, 1964 in Ósland. Spouse: Gróa Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir b. April 17, 1875 in W. Skaftafellssýsla, d. December 30, 1973. Children: 1. Ásta Katrín 2. Elín Jóhanna b. July 17, 1917. Kristján emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1910 and worked there as a carpenter. He moved …
Guðmunda Jónsdóttir
Guðmunda Jónsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on September 7, 1883, d. July 18, 1959. She took the name Minnie Gudrun Green. Spouse: twice married 1) McConnell, information missing 2) Green. Children: Information missing. Guðmunda came west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1886 with her mother, Guðrún Eiríksdóttir.
Sigríður Brynjólfsdóttir
Sigríður Brynjólfsdóttir was born on September 10, 1869 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). She died on November 6, 1932 in Blaine, Washington. Spouse: 1897 Páll Símonarson b. July 21, 1860, d. March 25, 1941 in Blaine. Childless. Sigríður emigrated west to Chicago in 1895 and lived there two years. She moved north to Selkirk, Manitoba in 1897 where Páll had …
Magnús M Magnússon
Magnús Melsted Magnússon was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on March 15, 1874. He died in San Diego, California on January 5, 1932. Spouse: January 30, 1908 Vilborg Magnúsdóttir b. December 9, 1875 in Reykjavík. Reverend Friðrik J. Bergmann married them in Manitoba. Children: Information missing. Magnús must have emigrated west to Utah in the first decade of the 20th century, Vilborg …
Jóhanna S Guðmundsdóttir
Jóhanna Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on December 7, 1872. She died on July 19, 1945 in Washington state. Spouse: 1) Þorkell Ólafsson b. September 18, 1870, d. March 22, 1907. 2) Sigurður Guðlaugsson b. May 12, 1867 in Árnessýsla. Children: With Þorkell: 1. Sigríður b. October 30, 1898 in Reykjavík, went west 2. Þuríður b. …
Margrét Vigfúsdóttir
Margrét Vigfúsdóttir was born in Rangárvallasýsla on February 4, 1853. She died in Blaine, Washington on December 23, 1914. Spouse: Bjarni Sveinsson b. May 13, 1855 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. Children: 1. Þorgerður b. 1885 2. Pálína Sveinbjörg b. 1890, d. 1987 3. Kristjana Ágústa b. 1891, d. 1985. Then emigrated to Blaine, Washington where Bjarni engaged in farming.
Þorsteinn Þ Þorsteinsson
Þorsteinn Þ Þorsteinsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 11, 1879. He died in Gimli, Manitoba on December 23, 1955. Spouse: 1) 1910 Rannveig Jónsdóttir b. 1885 in E. Skaftafellssýsla, d. of tuberculosis in Winnipeg in 1912 2) Guðmunda (Goðmunda) Haraldsdóttir b. 1884 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: With Rannveig: 1. Þorsteinn 2. Jón died in his youth. Þorsteinn emigrated west to …
Einar Ólafsson
Einar Ólafsson fæddist í S. Múlasýslu 23. desember, 1865. Dáinn á Gimli 16. ágúst, 1907. Ókvæntur og barnlaus Einar flutti vestur til Winnipeg árið 1886 og bjó þar til ársins 1905 en þá flutti hann til Gimli. Einar vann við blaðaútgáfu.
