María Jónsdóttir
Guðrún Kaprasíusdóttir
Jón Halldórsson
Jón Halldórsson: Born in Þingvallasveit in Árnessýsla in 1859. Spouse: Guðrún Sigríður Kaprasíusdóttir born in Reykjavík in 1855. Children: 1) Halldór b. 1881 2) Kristjana b. 1882 3) Indíana b. 1885 4) Konráð Guðsteinn d. 1917 They sailed west in 1886 and took land in the Argyle Settlement. Shortly before the turn of the century, they moved from there and …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1849. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west from Skálabrekka in Þingvallasveit to Wisconsin in 1883 and settled on Washington Island a year later.
Halldór Halldórsson
Halldór Halldórsson was born on January 25, 1849 in Árnessýsla. He died on January 26, 1924. He took the last name Armann in the west. Spouse: 1877 Margrét Eyjólfsdóttir b. July 12, 1852 in Árnessýsla. Children: 1. Halldór Eyjólfur b. April 1884 2. Hannes b. June 4, 1886 3. Þorgeir Árni b. December 28, 1887 4. Kristinn Pálmi b. April …
Margrét Eyjólfsdóttir
Margrét Eyjólfsdóttir was born on July 12, 1852 in Árnessýsla. She died in 1927 in N. Dakota. Spouse: 1877 Halldór Halldórsson born January 25, 1849 in Árnessýsla, d. January 26, 1924. He took the last name Ármann in the west. Children: 1. Halldór Eyjólfur b. April 7, 1884 2. Hannes b. June 4, 1886 3. Þorgeir Árni b. December 28, 1887 …
Sesselja Grímsdóttir
Sesselja Grímsdóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1844. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Markland, Nova Scotia in 1878 with Halldór Halldórsson and his wife Margrét Eyjólfsdóttir. She later went with them when they moved to Winnipeg in 1881.
Guðmundur Þorsteinsson
Guðmundur Þorsteinsson: Born at Seltjarnarnes in Gullbringusýsla in 1859. He took the last name of Thorsteinsson in the west. He died in 1949 in Iceland. Spouse: Vigdís Þorleifsdóttir b. Árnessýsla in 1854. She died in 1947. Childless. They came west in 1888 and took land in the Argyle Settlement a year later. They lived there until 1908 when they sold …
Gísli Jónsson
Gísli Jónsson was born on July 17, 1865 at Bíldsfell in Árnessýsla. He died on May 17, 1952 in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Bíldfell in the west. Spouse: Valgerður Eiríksdóttir b. November 5, 1868, d. May 16, 1945. Children: 1. Jón b. December 18, 1891 in the Þingvalla Settlement 2. Kristbjörg 3. Ágústína 4. Ólafur 5. Elín 6. …
