Snæbjörn Halldórsson was born in Mountain, N.Dakota in 1883. He took the name Snaebjorn (Barney) Halldorson in the west. He died in Oak Point, Manitoba in 1967. Spouse: 1910 Guðný Margrét Sveinbjörnsdóttir b. 1889 in the Lundar Settlement. Children: 1. Leo 2. Erikka 3. Fjóla 4. Jónas 5. Lilja 6. Roz 7. Jóhanna. Snæbjörn moved to the town of Lundar …
Stefán Daníelsson
Stefán Daníelsson was born on May 8, 1866 in Hnappadalssýsla. He died on August 14, 1953 in Lundar, Manitoba. Spouse: July 9, 1893 Daníela Daníelsdóttir b. September 28, 1871 in Hnappadalssýsla, d. August 20, 1934. Children: 1. Kristjana b. July 23, 1894 2. Daníel d. after a few weeks 3. Anna b.April 18, 1903 4. Haraldur b. July 1, 1935. …
Árni Egilsson
Árni Egilsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 14, 1848. He died in Lundar, Manitoba on September 1, 1920. Spouse: 1874 Sigríður Björnsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on April 11, 1853, d. January 31, 1935. Children: 1. Björn b. in 1875 2. Helga b. November 12, 1877 in Mikley 3. Árni b. January 3, 1880, died young 4. Herdís 5. Egilsína …
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Jónsson was born in Winnipeg in 1887. He died in the Lundar Settlement in 1959. He had the name Sam Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1910 Margrét Bjarnadóttir b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1881. Children: 1. Mary b. 1911 2. David Thorleifur b. 1913, d. 1934 3. Sigmar b. 1915. Sigurður moved with his parents, Auðunn Jónsson and Sigríður …
Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson
Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson was born in Dalasýsla on January 5, 1850. He died in the Lundar settlement on November 12, 1930. Spouse: 1) Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir b. June 8, 1849, d. in Winnipeg 1883. 2) Gróa Magnúsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla in 1854, d. in Lundar in 1936. Children: With Guðrún: 1. Þorbjörg b. July 30, 1874, d. September 13, 1901 in Winnipeg …
Ásgrímur Halldórsson
Ásgrímur Halldórsson was born in Hallson, N. Dakota. He took the name Jim Halldorson in the west. Spouse: May 2, 1906 Helga Árnadóttir b. in New Iceland. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Jónasína 3. Rósa 4. Ágúst 5. Jóhanna. Helga was the daughter of Árni Egilsson of Eyjafjarðarsýsla and Sigríður Björnsdóttir of Skagafjörður, early settlers in Mikley in 1876. They began …
Stefán Stefánsson
Stefán Stefánsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1859. He died in the Lundar Settlement on April 20, 1903. He took the last name Stephanson in the west. Spouse: Júlíana Einarsdóttur b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in the Lundar Settlement in 1918. Children: 1. Ágúst b. 1890 2. Valdimar (Walter) b. 1898. Stefán came west to New Jersey and lived there 10 …
Björn Sigurðsson
Björn Sigurðsson was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1868. He died in Oak Point, Manitoba on April 28, 1944. Spouse: 1891 Jóhanna Antóníusdóttir b. 1860 in S. Múlasýsla, d. January 22, 1945. Children: 1. Sigþóra (Sara) b. 1892 2. Björn 3. Jónas 4. Elís b. 1898 5. Jóhannes 6. Anna b. 1901 7. Antonius (Eddie) b. 1902, d. 1920. The …
Benjamín Jónsson
Benjamín Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1862. He died in Manitoba on January 13, 1925. He took the last name Johnson in the west. Spouse: Jóhanna Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1874, d. April 10, 1942. Children: 1. Guðný b. 1895, d. 1906 2. Jón b. 1897 3. Guðrún b. 1898 d. 1906 4. Ottó b. 1905 5. Auður b. 1908 …
Ólafur Sigurðsson
Ólafur Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1869. Spouse: Ólafía Ívarsdóttir b. 1875 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1895 2. Ólöf b. 1896 3. Sigurður 4. Páll 5. Margrét 6. Kjartan. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba at the turn of the 20th century, probably after 1901 because they are found in the 1901 census. A Canadian source (WtW) …
