Árni Björnsson was born in Árnessýsla on January 7, 1870. Spouse: 1910 Sigrún Guðmundsdóttir, b. July 31, 1875 in Árnssýsla, d. February 10, 1917. Childless. Árni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1902 and first lived in the city. From there he moved two years later to Narrows, north of Lake Manitoba, where he worked until 1907, when he was …
Ágúst J Jónsson
Ágúst Júlíus Jónsson was born on June 20, 1873 in Gullbringusýsla. He died on February 28, 1919 at Bluff, Manitoba. He took the last name Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1899 Sigríður Guðrún Erlendsdóttir, b. September 8, 1871 in Árnessýsla, d. May 25, 1941 in Reykjavík, Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðbergur Ágúst, b. March 1, 1899. 2. Lurdy, b. 1900 3. …
Eyjólfur Erlendsson
Eyjólfur Erlendsson was born on March 3, 1868 in Árnessýsla. He died on July 9, 1909 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigrún Guðmundsdóttir, b. July 31, 1875 in Árnessýsla, d. February 10, 1917 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðfinna Margrét, b. 1902 2. Erlendur, b. 1904 3. María Eyjólfsdóttir, b. 1907. Eyjólfur came west with his brother Guðjón and his family in 1899. …
Þorvaldur Jónsson
Þorvaldur Jónsson was born in 1834 in S. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Anna Þórunn Ólafsdóttir b. 1838 in S. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Valgerður b. 1859. Þorvaldur was the son of Jón Guðmundsson and Valgerður Bjarnadóttir, the brother of Ólafurs Jónsson who emigrated west in 1878. It is not known what year Þorvaldur went west and whether his wife and daughter emigrated. Þorvaldur …
Kristján Jónsson
Kristján Jónsson: Born in 1851 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Spouse: June 25, 1855 Guðrún Magnúsdóttir b. in 1828 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla Children: 1. Ragnhildur Jónína b. May 2, 1858 2. Arnbjörg b. January 18, 1865 3. Ingileif b. November 17, 1871; d. same day. Although it is not clear, they probably emigrated around 1890. They lived on the edge of Marshall, …
Guðjón Jónsson
Guðjón Jónsson: Born in 1839 in Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on June 14, 1907 in Marshall, Minnesota. Spouse: Sigurveig Einarsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1830. She died on September 18, 1916 in Winnipeg. Childless. Sigurveig had 8 children with her first husband, Benedikt Andrésson. Among them was Kristján Ásgeir b. August 23, 1861 who emigrated west to Winnipeg in 1895. …
Guðlaug Þorkelsdóttir
Guðlaug Þorkelsdóttir: born in 1878 in Minneota, Minnesota. Spouse: Bernard Gilliland born in Iowa; died in 1919. Children: All born in Colorado: 1. John b. 1904 2. Elizabeth b. 1906 3. Isabelle b. 1908 4. Lillian b. 1910. Guðlaug lived with her parents, Þorkell Ingimundarson and Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir in Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota in 1878. They moved to the …
Bertel H Gunnlaugsson
Bertel Högni Gunnlaugsson: Born on May 29, 1839 in Reykjavík. He died on January 30, 1918 in Washington state. Unmarried and childless. Bertel Högni was the son of Gunnlaugur Stefánsson, a lawyer, and his wife, Ragnhildur Benediktsdóttir Gröndal. He lived in England in 1868 and sailed west from London in 1880. Bertel first lived in Chicago and then moved to …
Jóhannes Kristjánsson
Jóhannes Kristjánsson was born on February 13, 1853 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Utah on December 9, 1928. He took the name John Christianson in the west. Spouse: Vilborg Sigurðardóttir b. March 18,1853 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Oddný Júlíana Sigurrós b. July 27, 1882, d. October 12, 1883 2. Óskar Victor b. April 10, 1892 in Spanish Fork 3. Lára …
Tryggvi G Einarsson
Tryggvi Gunnarsson was born in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba. He is listed as Tryggvi G. Einarsson in the west. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Gunnar Einarsson and Guðrún Jóhanna Jónsdóttir of Morden, Manitoba. Tryggvi bought land in the Víðir Settlement, but mostly worked at his sawmill.