Anna Sveinbjarnardóttir was born on May 5, 1855 in Gullbringusýsla. She died on October 27, 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Spouse: 1) Ólafur Árnason b. February 1, 1849, d. February 27, 1886 2) Jónas Íkaboðsson b. January 14, 1866 in Dalasýsla, d. in Winnipeg on August 29, 1912. He took the last name Ikabodsson in the west. Children: With Ólafur: 1. Páll …
Helga Jónasdóttir
Helga Jónasdóttir was born on November 23, 1895 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. Spouse: 1921 Jón Þorkell Árnason b. in Reykjavík in 1888, d. in Oak Point, Manitoba in 1967. Children: 1. Anna b. 1921. Helga came west to Winnipeg in 1911 with her parents, Jónas Íkaboðsson and Anna Sveinbjarnardóttir. Jón came west to Manitoba in 1911 and worked with Helgi Einarsson in Steep …
Sveinbjörn Jónasson
Sveinbjörn Jónasson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on November 24, 1897. He died in Minneapolis on March 25, 1995. He took the name Rev. Sveinbjorn Olafsson in the west. Spouse: September 4, 1928 Maurine Finnegan b. June 6, 1901 in Illinois. Children: 1. Nancy Lou b. April 25, 1934 2. Paul James b. May 28, 1943. Sveinbjörn came west to Winnipeg …
Tómas Benjamínsson
Tómas Benjamínsson was born in Mýrasýsla on April 8, 1876. He died on April 21, 1951. Spouse: Soffía Jakobsdóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1876, d. May 6, 1971 Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1905 2. Sigurbjörg Helga b. 1908, d. 1917. 3. Halldór Jakob b. 1910 4. Þorbergur 5. Bryndís b. 1915 6. Sigurbjörg Helga who was baptized with the …
Soffía Jakobsdóttir
Soffía Jakobsdóttir was born in Mýrasýsla on June 4, 1876. She died on May 6, 1971 in Lundar. Spouse: Tómas Benjamínsson b. in Mýrasýsla on April 8, 1876, d. April 21, 1951 in Lundar. Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1905 2. Sigurbjörg Helga b. 1908, d. 1917. 3. Halldór Jakob b. 1910 4. Þorbergur 5. Bryndís b. 1915 6. Sigurbjörg Helga …
Tóbías Tóbíasson
Tóbías Tóbíasson was born on June 25, 1862 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died in Redding, California on November 27, 1947. Spouse: March 2, 1904 in Raymond, Alberta: Guðfinna Sæmundsdóttir b. October 2, 1865. Children: With Elínborg Pétursdóttir b. in Árnessýsla on September 26, 1866, d. in Reykjavík July 30, 1909: 1. Sigurlína b. 1884 2. Ari Níels b. 1889 3. Tóbías …
Magnúsína Ólafsdóttir
Magnúsína Ágústa Ólafsdóttir was born on August 3, 1893 in Gullbringusýsla. She died on February 20, 1920 in Alberta. Spouse: Tóbías Tóbíasson b. in Reykjavík September 15, 1885, d. in Wynyard, Saskatchewan February 11, 1962. Children: 1. Svava b. July 6, 1912 2. Fjóla b. December 27, 1914 3. Tóbías Haraldur b. August 12, 1916 4. Freyja b. August 24, 1918. …
Sigríður Magnúsdóttir
Sigríður Magnúsdóttir was born in Árnessýsla on June 10, 1866. She died in Lethbridge, Alberta on February 11, 1930. Widow. Sigríður emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her daughter, Magnúsína Ólafsdóttir, in 1910. That same year, they moved west to MacLeod Valley in Alberta.
Magnús Magnússon
Magnús Magnússon was born on February 27, 1873 in Húsey in Hjaltastaðaþinghá in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Ásthildur Grímsdóttir b. in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1884. Children: 1. Eiríkur b. 1908 2. Ólafur b. 1915 3. Ragnhildur b. 1916. Magnús emigrated west to Minneota, Minnesota in 1905, while Ásthildur came west a year later to Glouchester, Massachusetts where her mother, Hólmfríður, lived. She …
