Sigfús Thorlacius was born on June 20, 1887 in N. Dakota. Unmarried and childless. He grew up in the Garðar settlement in the home of his parents, Hallgrímur Thorlacius and María Sigfúsdóttur Bergman. He moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1906 and took land in the Wynyard settlement.
Pétur Thorlacius
Pétur Thorlacius was born on January 12, 1886 in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. He died in Wynyard on December 24, 1972. Spouse: Guðrún Margrét Jónsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 26, 1900. Children: 1. Guðrún Irene b. December 9, 1920 2. Hallgrímur Jón b. January 26, 1923. Pétur grew up in the Garðar Settlement in …
Þorgeir Halldórsson
Þorgeir Halldórsson fæddist vestra. Maki: Þórunn Ólöf Guðmundsdóttir Þorgeir var sonur Halldórs Halldórssonar og Margrétar Eyjólfsdóttur úr Árnessýslu sem vestur fóru árið 1878. Þau bjuggu í Garðarbyggð í N. Dakota og þar ólst Þorgeir upp. Hann flutti í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1906 og settist að í Wynyardbyggð. Þar gekk hann í hjónaband. Eftir nokkur ár fluttu þau í Garðarbyggð …
Vilhjálmur Hansson
Vilhjálmur Hólm Hansson was born in N. Dakota in 1896. He died in 1958 in Saskatchewan. He had the name Wilhelm H. Niels or Nelson in the west. Spouse: November 6, 1913 Clara Hogan b. in N. Dakota, d. 1976. Children: 1. Þórunn 2. Joe b. December 12. desember 1914. Vilhjálmur moved from Milton, N. Dakota to the Lakes Settlement …
William Olson
William Olson fæddist í Winnipeg. Ólst þar upp hjá foreldrum sínum Haraldi Jóhannessyni Olson og Karítas Hansínu Einarsdóttur. Hann fór með bróður sínum Baldri vestur í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan og nam land í Wynyardbuggð líkt og hann. En bág heilsa kom í veg fyrir landbúnaðarstörf. William flutti úr byggðinni og fór vestur að Kyrrahafi þar sem hann dvaldi einhvern tíma. …
Baldur Olson
Baldur Haraldsson fæddist 2. apríl, 1888 í Winnipeg. Dáinn 14. september, 1952 í Manitoba. Dr. Baldur H. Olson vestra. Maki: 16. apríl, 1916 Sigríður Jónsdóttir Börn: Þau áttu tvo syni og tvær dætur. Baldur lauk prófi frá Wesley College í Winnipeg árið 1911 og læknisfræði frá Manitobaháskóla árið 1915. Hann fór í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1906 og nam land …
Ásbjörn Pálsson
Ásbjörn Pálsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 31, 1884. He died on Vancouver Island, British Columbia on January 11, 1951. Spouse: November 17, 1909 Bergrós Sigfúsdóttir b. August 25, 1886. Children: 1. Jóhanna Pálína b. September 12, 1910 2. Franklin b. February 1, 1912 3. Oscar b. September 24, 1916 4. Victor b. May 24, 1918, d. October 1, …
Páll Jónsson
Páll Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1856. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1930. Spouse: Ólína Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. May 18, 1940 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Jón Valdimar b. 1897, d. 1946 2. Sigrún b. 1895 in Hallson, N. Dakota 3. Unnur b. in Svold in 1900. They lived for a time …
Hannes Skúlason
Hannes Skúlason was born in the west and had the last name Anderson. Spouse: Margrét Guðmundsdóttir b. 1888 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Sigurður 2. Lára 3. Skúli 4. Kristín 5. William Guðmundur 6. Louisa Katrín 7. Carl 8. Earl 9. Hannes. Hannes was the son of Skúli Árnason who came west from N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1873. Hannes moved to …
Jóhann Halldórsson
Jóhann Halldórsson was born in the west. He is registered as Johann Jacobson in Canada. His parents, Halldór Jakobsson and Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, came west to New Iceland in 1876 but then made their way to Mountain, N. Dakota. They later moved to Mouse River and then went north to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan and then on to the Lakes Settlement …