Kristján Guðmundsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1830. Spouse: Ingunn Guðmundsdóttir d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1861 2. Ólöf b. 1863 3. Þórarinn b. 1868. Kristján traveled west with his son Þórarinn and his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1902. His son Guðmundur emigrated a year later. Kristján bought land with Guðmundur in the Víðir Settlement.
Guðmundur Vigfússon
Guðmundur Vigfússon: Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1873. Spouse: March 24, 1903 Jóhanna Einarsdóttir born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1881. Children: 1. Jóhann b. 1901 2. Bergur 3. Einar. They emigrated west to Manitoba in 1904 and bought land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement.
Stefán Einarsson
Stefán Einarsson was born on May 25, 1881 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. Spouse: December 30, 1914 Kristín Guðmundsdóttir b. October 7, 1892 in Kjósarsýsla. Children: 1. Hörður b. September 21, 1915 2. Arnrún Eleanor b. May 14, 1918 3. Ernest Baldvin b. February 14, 1934. Stefán emigrated west to Winnipeg with his parents and siblings in 1904. He worked in retail …
Vilhelmína Þórarinsdóttir
Ólafía Vilhelmína Þórarinsdóttir was born in 1897 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. Spouse: 1916 Hallur Jónsson b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1878. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Ólöf Helen 3. Lovísa Ragnheiður 4. Edward Wilhelm 5. Bertha. Hallur came west with his parents and the couple moved to her parents’ land in Víðir-and-Sand Hills settlement.
Guðrún Einarsdóttir
Guðrún Einarsdóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on January 8, 1873. She died in New Iceland on April 18, 1907. Spouse: Þórarinn Kristjánsson b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla on December 23, 1866, d. November 29, 1936 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Ólafía Vilhelmína b. April 17, 1897 2. Guðrún b. 1899 3. Einar. They came west in 1902 and took land in …
Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Steinunn Jónsdóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1855. She died on November 29, 1943 in Winnipeg. Spouse: 1887 Þórarinn Stefánsson b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla on February 5, 1853, d. June 29, 1932 in the Framnes settlement. Children: 1. Páll b. December 11, 1884 2. Vilborg b. 1888 3. Guðjón b. August 2, 1889 4. Anna b. December 16, 1890 …
Páll Þórarinsson
Páll Þórarinsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on December 11, 1884. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Þórarinn Stefánsson and Steinunn Jónsdóttir, early settlers in the Framnes settlement in New Iceland in 1893. There he first helped his father with farming and then became a farmer himself in that settlement. He joined the Canadian Army in 1918 and …
Þórarinn Stefánsson
Þórarinn Stefánsson: Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1853. Died on June 29, 1932. Spouse: 1887 Steinunn Jónsdóttir born in the same sýsla in 1855. Died November 29, 1943. Children: 1) Páll b. 1894 2) Vilborg b. 1897 3) Guðjón b. 1888 4) Anna b. December 16, 1890 5) Guðrún Lovísa b. May 19, 1893 6) Stefán b. July 9, 1901. There …
