Eggert Andrésson was born on August 15, 1871 in Mýrasýsla. He died in Floodwood, Minnesota in 1956. He took the name Edgar Norman in the west. Spouse: Guðbjörg Jóhannesdóttir b. May 15, 1862 in Mýrasýsla, d. after 1930 in Minnesota. Children: 1. Indíana b. May 2, 1898 2. Óskar (Oscar) b. 1900 3. Laufey (Lily or Louise) b. 1904 4. …
Guðbjörg Jóhannesdóttir
Guðbjörg Jóhannesdóttir was born on May 15, 1862 in Mýrasýsla. She died after 1930 in Minnesota. Spouse: Eggert Andrésson b. August 15, 1871 in Mýrasýsla, d. in Floodwood, Minnesota in 1956. He took the name Edgar Norman in the west. Children: 1. Indíana b. May 2, 1898 2. Óskar (Oscar) b. 1900 3. Laufey (Lily or Louise) b. 1904 4. Haraldur …
Jóhann P Sæmundsson
Jóhann Pétur Sæmundsson: Born in Mýrasýsla July 3, 1868. Simundson in Canada. Spouse: October 20, 1907 Þóra Guðmundsdóttir b. September 12, 1864 in N. Múlasýsla, d. September 21, 1935. Children: 1. Gunnar b. July 28, 1908 2. Aðalbjörg f. 1. maí, 1910. Jóhann came west in 1899 and first lived in Cavalier, N. Dakota. He bought land in the Geysir …
Ólafur Eiríksson
Ólafur Eiríksson was born in Rangárvallasýsla on December 13, 1852. Spouse: Sigurbjörg Einarsdóttir b. August 10, 1862 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). Ólafur came west in 1885 while Sigurbjörg arrived in 1889. They first lived in Utah but later moved to Blaine, Washington. Ólafur was a painter and decorator.
Hallbjörg Halldórsdóttir
Hallbjörg Halldórsdóttir was born in 1859 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died on March 9, 1939 in the Lundar Settlement. Spouse: Jón Einarsson b. August 2, 1860 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. in Winnipeg on October 17, 1947. Children: 1. Halldóra Ingibjörg b. in New Jersey on November 27, 1893. Jón and Hallbjörg sailed west to the United States in 1887 and Jón got …
Alexander Davíðsson
Alexander Davíðsson was born in Dalasýsla in 1852. Died January 13, 1928 at Betel Home in Gimli. He took the name Alex Davidson in the west. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Davíð Bjarnason, a farmer at Hól in Dalasýsla and his wife, Þórdís Jónsdóttir. Alexander moved with his parents to Gilhaga in Strandasýsla. He moved from there …