Jónas Jóhannesson: Born in New Iceland. He took the name Jónas J. Jónasson in the west. Unmarried and childless. He grew up in his father’s house, the son of Jóhannes Jónasson and Halla Jónasdóttir. Jóhannes was felled in 1904. After his death, the widow moved with her children to land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement. She died in 1929. They …
Sigurður K Finnsson
Sigurður Kristinn Kristjónsson was born on January 7, 1880 in the Icelandic River Settlement in New Iceland. He is listed as Sigurð Kr. Finnsson in the west. He died on July 28, 1952. Spouse: February 2, 1901 Hildur Jónína Sigfúsdóttir b. in the Icelandic River Settlement on January 23, 1880, d. December 19, 1947. Children: 1. Þóra Sigrún b. May …
Ingimar T Ingjaldsson
Ingimar Tryggvason fæddist í Hallson, N. Dakota 4. apríl, 1888. Drukknaði 21. september, 1934 í Nýja Íslandi. Skrifaði sig Ingimar Tr. Ingjaldson vestra. Maki: 22. júlí, 1913 Violet Kristjánsdóttir f. í Winnipeg 12. desember, 1887, d. 1980. Börn: 1. Christian 2. Tryggvi 3. Valdine 4. Gordon 5. Thorburn 6. Andrea. Ingimar ólst upp í Hallson í N. Dakota en flutti …
Percy C Jónasson
Percy C Jónasson (Percival Chaloner McGee): Born in Canada of Scottish and English descent on May 21, 1880. He died on July 1, 1943 in Arborg. Spouse: November 7, 1918 Þórey Sigríður Gestsdóttir born in the Geysir Settlement on January 3, 1898, daughter of Gests Oddleifsson in Haga. Children: 1. Percy Theodór b. July 11, 1920 2. Rannveig Þórey b. …
Friðrik P Sigurðsson
Friðrik Pétur Sigurðsson was born in the Geysir Settlement on February 14, 1885. He died on October 25, 1956 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: November 5, 1905 Valgerður Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. January 15, 1883, d. September 15, 1964. Children: 1. Sigrún b. October 18, 1906 2. Anna Friðgerður b. April 3, 1908 3. Jóhannes b. October 4, 1909 4. Albertína …
Þorsteinn Sigurðsson
Þorsteinn Sigurðsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1860. Spouse: Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859. Children: 1. Hrólfur b. 1885 2. Guðjón b. 1891 3. Björn b. 1895. Þorsteinn must have emigrated west at the beginning of the 20th century with Hrólf and settled in the Geysir Settlement. Magnús Sigurðsson writes about the settlers in the Geysir Settlement in …
Tímóteus Böðvarsson
Tímóteus Böðvarsson was born in Mýrasýsla on August 2, 1885. Spouse: October 30, 1909 Sesselja Jónsdóttir b. in the Geysir Settlement on September 27, 1889. Children: 1. Böðvar Jón Skúli b. July 18, 1911 2. Guðrún b. January 21, 1914 3. Sigfús Halldór b. February 28, 1917 4. Hulda Ragnhildur b. November 14, 1919 5. Sesselja Margrét b. October 27, …
Elín Andrésdóttir
Elín Andrésdóttir born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on May 29, 1885. She died in Manitoba on September 22, 1952. Spouse: December 22, 1907 Guðjón Einarsson b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla on September 12, 1883, d. December 24, 1946. Children: 1. Björn Andrés b. April 1, 1910. Two other children died in childhood. Elín emigrated west in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her foster …
Sigurjón Jóhannsson
Sigurjón Jóhannsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on January 7, 1877. Spouse: May 7, 1910 Anna Steinsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1873. Children: 1. Steinunn Jóhanna 2. Sigrún Anna. Sigurjón came west with his mother, Steinunn Jónsdóttir, and stepfather, Jón Pétursson, in 1883. They first lived in the Geysir Settlement and then moved to the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. Sigurjón …
Antoníus Guðmundsson
Antóníus Guðmundsson was born in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland on February 8, 1882. Died in New Iceland October 18, 1961. Spouse: April 12, 1904 Friðrika Sigurðardóttir b. July 22, 1883 in Winnipeg, d. October 2, 1964 in New Iceland. Children: 1. Snjólaug Lillian b. July 20, 1907 2. Friðrik Antóníus b. March 11, 1912 3. Sigurður b. December …