Eyvör Eiríksdóttir was born on October 21, 1859 in Árnessýsla. She died in Reykjavík, Manitoba in 1933. Spouse: Guðmundur Sigurðsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on August 21, 1861. 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 Guðmundsdóttir
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir was born on May 14, 1894 in Rangárvallasýsla. Unmarried and childless. Margrét came to the West with her parents, Guðmundur Sigurðsson and Eyvör Eiríksdóttir. They traveled to Manitoba and had a home in Selkirk before they settled in Reykjavík, Manitoba. Margrét worked in agriculture until 1939, then settled in Winnipeg. There she worked at Deer Lodge Hospital.
Lárus B Rafnsson
Lárus Bjarni Rafnsson was born at Akranes in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on February 3, 1879. He took the last name Nordal in the west. Spouse: 1902 Rósa Davíðsdóttir b. November 9, 1866 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla d. 1948. Children: 1. Anna Karólína b. September 6, 1902. Lárus came west across the sea to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 where he spent the next four year …
Bjarni Þórarinsson
Bjarni Þórarinsson was born on April 2, 1855 in Hrunamannahreppur in Árnessýsla. He died in Iceland on January 6, 1940. He was known as Reverend Bjarni Þórarinsson in the west. Spouse: Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir b. 1864. Children: 1. Ingunn b. 1886 2. Guðrún b. January 1, 1888 3. Magnea b. 1889 4. Þórarinn. Bjarni graduated from Reykjavík School in 1881, …
Hannes Erlendsson
Hannes Erlendsson was born on February 1, 1857 in Reykjavík in Gullbringusýsla. He died on April 16, 1925. Spouse: Jóhanna Magnúsdóttir b. August 27, 1878 in Kjósarsýsla. Children: 1. Halldór b. 1889 2. Erlendur b. 1898, d. 1899 3. Halldóra Kristín b. July 26, 1899, d. August 8, 1946 in Vancouver 4. Magnús b. July 14, 1901 in Big Point, …
Halldór Hannesson
Halldór Hannesson was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1898. Child. Halldór was the son of Hannes Erlendsson and Jóhanna Magnúsdóttir, who came west in 1900 to Manitoba. The publication “A Tribute to Soldiers and Pioneers of the Langruth District” says that they came to the settlement the same year with Halldóra, their daughter. Halldór is not mentioned anywhere in the publication …
Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir
Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir was born in 1864 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: Reverend Bjarni Þórarinsson b. April 2, 1855 in Hrunamannahreppur in Árnessýsla, d. in Iceland on January 6, 1940. Children: 1. Ingunn b. 1886 2. Guðrún b. January 1, 1888 3. Magnea b. 1889 4. Þórarinn. Guðrún, Magnea and Þórarinn came west in 1900. Bjarni graduated from Reykjavík School in 1881, studied …
