Jóhann Jóhannsson was born on June 23, 1857 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died on March 12, 1935 in Selkirk. Spouse: July 21, 1878 Friðrika Rósa Jónsdóttir b. 1851 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. June 22, 1941 in Selkirk. The divorced in 1899. Children: 1. Jón b. 1885, d. 4 years old 2. Árni b. 1887 3. Jónína Jóhanna b. June 20, 1889 in …
Sveinbjörn Teitsson
Sveinbjörn Teitsson was born in Dalasýsla on February 12, 1875. He died on May 28, 1952 in New Iceland. He took the name Hurdal in the west from Hörðudal in Dalasýsla. Spouse: October 31, 1903 Fjóla Anna Gísladóttir b. December 6, 1882, d. January 20, 1929 in Riverton. Reverend Rögnvaldur Pétursson, a Unitarian pastor, married them in Winnipeg. Children: 1. …
Jósef Jósefsson
Jósef Jósefsson: Born in Vopnafjordur in N. Múlasýsla on July 14, 1835. He died on April 18, 1913 at his home in Minneota, Minnesota. He was known as Joseph Josephson in the west. Spouse: 1) Kristín Pétursdóttir d. 1875 2) 1880 Helga Jónsdóttir b. 1857 in S. Múlasýsla, d. 1933 Children: With Kristín: 1. Sigríður b. 1861 2. Ingibjörg Elísabet …
Sigurður Oddsson
Sigurður Oddsson was born October 27, 1820 at Haugsstaðir in N. Múlasýsla. Died January 21, 1891 in Minnesota. Spouse: Margrét Sigurðardóttir f. 1828 í N. Múlasýslu, d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Sigurdur G. Sigurdsson b. c1846 [S. G. Eastman] 2. Vilborg Sigurdardottir b. March 15, 1848 3. Thoroddur Sigurdsson [Thomas Eastman] b. 1853. Other children remained in Iceland. Sigurður emigrated …
Þóroddur Sigurðsson
Þóroddur Sigurðsson was born in Jökuldalur in N. Múlasýsla in 1854. Theodore or Thomas Eastman in America. Spouse: Anna Björnsdóttir b. 1853. Children: 1. Albert b. March 2, 1880 2. Karl Julius b. July 12, 1881; d. May 12, 1896 3. Anna Luella b. 1883 4. Cora Sigurbjorg b. 1885 5. Elin Gudrun b. September 16, 1887 6. Bjorn b. April …
Guðmundur Bergþórsson
Guðmundur Bergþórsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla March 5, 1844. Died May 10, 1924 in Winnipeg. Spouse: Margrét Aradóttir b. 1847 in V. Skaftafellssýsla, d. 1921-22 in Gimli. Children: 1. Kristján Guðmundur b. June 22, 1876 2. Halldóra Guðný b. 1878 3. Elín b. June 10, 1882 4. Ari b. December 8, 1886 in Mikley. Guðmundur left from Sauðárkrókur west to Manitoba …
Sigurgeir Sigvaldason
Sigurgeir Sigvaldason was born in Snæfellsnessýsla October 9, 1862. Died in Selkirk in 1831. Spouse: Sigríður Benónísdóttir (Sarah Goodman) b. 1880 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Margrét Jónína Sigrún b. 1906 2. Guðrún Geraldine b. November 23, 1910 3. Hjörtur (Harley) b. February 22, 1912 4. Emil Magnús b. 1917 5. Ellen Halldóra b. November 4, 1921 Liljarós Anna …
Júlíanus Bjarnason
Júlíanus Bjarnason was born in Dalasýsla July 29, 1821. Died in New Iceland around 1890. Spouse: November 18, 1857 Ósk Guðmundsdóttir b. September, 1814, d. 1888 in New Iceland. Children: Ósk had 14 children with her first husband, Guðmundur Jónsson seven of whom reached adulthood. One daughter, Guðlaug f. August 30, 1851, emigrated to New Iceland. With Júlíanus: 1) Bjarni b. …
Ísleifur Jónsson
Ísleifur Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1840. Died August 11, 1927 in Glenboro, Manitoba. Used the surname Ísleifsson in Canada. Maki: Þorbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1844, d. March 23, 1924. Börn: 1. Jón f. 1879 2. Björn f. 1883, d. June 7, 1917 3. Ísleifur b. 1884 4. Þorsteinn b. 1885. Þorbjörg emigrated with Jón, Björn and Þorsteinn …
Guðmundur B Guðmundsson
Guðmundur Björn Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla September 17, 1863. Died in Winnipeg March 31, 1897. He took the name Byron Doyle in Canada. Spouse: December 15, 1891 Snjólaug Jónsdóttir (Sadie Stone) b. January, 1870, d. 1944. Children: 1. Christiana Solveig b. April 7, 1893 in Winnipeg 2. Jón Albert b. September 23, 1897, d. in infancy. Guðmundur emigrated to Winnipeg …
