Elísabet Snorradóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on June 8, 1852, d. November 29, 1931 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Spouse: September 5, 1882 Jóhannes Pálsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on January 22, 1854, d. in the Lakes Settlement on November 20, 1930. He took the last name Borgfjörð (Borgfjord) in the west. Children: 1. Rannveig Karólína b. September 27, 1882 …
Þóra Ásmundsdóttir
Þóra Ásmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on October 15, 1892. Spouse: February 11, 1913 Sigurður Jónsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on May 7, 1881. He took the name Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Valtýr Bergman b. February 22, 1914 2. Esther Margrét b. March 25, 1916 3. Herbert Skúli b. April 16, 1918 4. Harald b. January 15, 1921 5. …
Vigfús Ásmundsson
Vigfús Sæmundur Ásmundsson was born on September 24, 1895 in Reykjavík. Spouse: August 24, 1935 Aline Mary McGrath b. January 28, 1914. Children: 1. Vigfús Anthony b. August 8, 1936 2. Craig Magnús b. March 23, 1938 3. Jón Michael b. Janaury 12, 1941, 4. Mary Irene b. June 2, 1942 5. Roderick Vincent b. June 10, 1944 6. Nancy …
Ingibjörg Erlendsdóttir
Ingibjörg Dóróthea Erlendsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on March 14, 1876. She died in Blaine, Washington on July 9, 1948. Spouse: 1907 Guðbjartur Kárason b. May 6, 1872 in Strandasýsla, d. in Stafholt in Blaine, Washington on September 12, 1962. Children: 1. Maríus Ágúst b. August 8, 1909 in Blaine, d. September 21, 1937 2. Halldór Karl (Carl) b. January …
María Gísladóttir
María Gísladóttir was born in 1833 in Dalasýsla (?). Spouse: Erlendur Hannesson d. 1899 in Iceland. She came west in 1900 with her daughter, Ingibjörg Erlendsdóttir, and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Jónas Pálsson
Halldór Friðleifsson
Halldór Friðleifsson was born in Árnessýsla in 1870. Spouse: Hildur Bjarnadóttir b. in Árnessýsla in 1868. Children: Eiríkur Júlíus b. in Árnessýsla on July 25, 1894 They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and first lived in Brandon and then Minnedosa, Manitoba. The road led them to Saskatchewan where they were first in Yorkton and then Foam Lake. From …
Hildur Bjarnadóttir
Hildur Bjarnadóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1868. Spouse: Halldór Friðleifsson b. in Árnessýsla in 1870. Children: Eiríkur Júlíus b. in Árnessýsla on July 25, 1894 They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and first lived in Brandon and then Minnedosa, Manitoba. The road led them to Saskatchewan where they were first in Yorkton and then Foam Lake. From …
Eiríkur J Halldórsson
Dr. Eiríkur Júlíus Halldórsson was born in Árnessýsla on July 25, 1894. Spouse: September 6, 1936 Vera Margaret Anderson, of Swedish descent. Children: 1. Julius Norman b. September 19, 1946. Eiríkur came to the West in 1900 with his parents. He lived with them in many places in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and later in Vancouver. When he was young, he …
Guðmundur Sigurðsson
Guðmundur Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1861. Spouse: Eyvör Eiríksdóttir b. October 21, 1859 in Árnessýsla. Children: 1. Margrét b. May 14, 1894 2. Regína Kristbjörg b. September 20, 1895 3. Óskar 4. Eiríkur 5. Albert 6. Kristín. Guðmundur and Eyvör came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 with Margrét; Regína remained in Iceland but came west in 1926. …