Jóhannes Markússon was born in Dalasýsla on November 22, 1856. He died on January 17, 1921 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: 1892 Margrét Sigurðardóttir b. September 11, 1867 in Dalasýsla, d. July 17, 1946. Children: 1. Elín Kristín b. June 19, 1903 They came west in 1891 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They lived there for 15 years, sold the house, and moved to …
Gísli Árnason
Gísli Árnason fæddist í Barðastrandarsýslu árið 1854. Maki: 1) Bárðlína Þórðardóttir f. 1840 2) 1886 Margrét Sigurðardóttir f. 1861 í Ísafjarðarsýslu Börn: Með Bárðlínu 1. Jóna f. 1875 2. Salmína Jóhanna f. 1878 3. Guðbjörg f. 1879 4. Sumarliði Árni f. 1880. Dó barnungur. Með Margréti: 1. Hallvarðína Sigríður f. 1889 2. Gyðríður. Árið 1900 eru Jóna, Salmína og Guðbjörg …
Jón Árnason
Jón Árnason was born on May 2, 1872 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: 1901 Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1874. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Árni Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba around 1890 and lived there for some time. He once worked for Guðgeir Eggertsson, his brother-in-law, in Stony Mountain north of Winnipeg. Sigurveig came west in 1893. They moved …
Jón E Amundsen
Jón Edvard Amundsen fæddist í Noregi árið 1855. Dáinn í Manitoba árið 1923. Maki: Gunnlaug Magnúsdóttir f. 6. september, 1865 í Eyjafjarðarsýslu. Börn: Fædd á Íslandi: 1. Magnús Hinrik f. 1888 2. Rannveig f. 1894 3. Jóhanna Sigríður f. 1898. Fædd vestra 4. Karl 5. Gyða 6. Sesselja 7. Helga. Jón flutti til Íslands um 1870 og stundaði fiskveiðar í …
Jóhannes Joensen
Jóhannes Joensen was born in the Faroe Islands on March 12, 1863. Spouse: Kristín Sölvadóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1866, d. September 6, 1905. She was the daughter of Sölvi Helgason. Children: 1. Guðbjörg Þóra Sigurlína 2. Edwin 3. They had another daughter who was adopted by the couple Jósef Helgason and Guðrún Árnadóttir. Kristín also had a son named …
Ólafur Hallgrímsson
Ólafur Hallgrímsson was born in Ljósavatnshreppur in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1862. He died on January 2, 1942 in Saskatchewan. He took the name Ólafur Hall in the west. Spouse: Kristrún Jóhannesdóttir b. 1858 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. December 31, 1948. Ólafur moved with his mother, Sigríður Jónasdóttir, west in 1889 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and from there on to the Garðar Settlement …
Ingvar Guðmundsson
Vigfús Ingvar Guðmundsson was born in Árnessýsla on April 29, 1867. He took the name Ingvar Goodman in the west. Spouse: Anna Sveinsdóttir b. 1873 in Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Jón Ísfeld b. before the turn of the century, drowned in 1920 2. Ingvar Franklin b. 1902, d. 1917 3. Þórir Skafti b. 1906 4. Kjartan Jónas Sveinn b. 1918. They came …
Ármann Björnsson
Ármann Björnsson was born in Kræklingahlíð in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 15, 1885. Spouse: Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir b. June 12, 1885 Children: 1. Brynhildur b. May 22, 1910 2. Vilhelm Adolf 3. Elín Guðlaug. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1913 and went directly to Winnipegosis. Ármann worked there as a carpenter.
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson: Born in Nesjum in E. Skaftafellssýsla around 1874. Unmarried and childless. Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and settled in the Isafold Settlement in New Iceland. He moved to the Framnes Settlement and later to Winnipeg. He moved to Winnipegosis in 1928.
Jón Hjálmarsson
Jón Hjálmarsson was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1875. Spouse: Jakobína Kristín Jóhannesdóttir b. 1873 Children: 1. Ástráður b. in Iceland in 1900 2. Anna María b. in the West They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1903 and lived in Selkirk the first years. From there, they moved in 1911 to Winnipeg where they lived a short time. They then …