Sigurbjörg Helgadóttir was born in Mountain, N. Dakota on November 13, 1897. She died on May 8, 1985. She had the last name Stefansson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Sigurbjörg was the daughter of Helgi Stefánsson and Þuríður Jónsdóttir of S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She grew up in Mountain, N. Dakota and in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. She moved …
Guðmundur Sigurbjörnsson
Guðmundur Sigurbjörnsson was born in N. Dakota. Spouse: Ingibjörg Sæmundsdóttir b. 1885 in Gullbringusýsla. Guðmundur came to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1908. Ingibjörg was the daughter of Sæmundur Sigurðsson and Steinunn Arinbjarnardóttir who came west from Gullbringusýsla in 1893.
Tryggvi Ólafsson
Tryggvi Ólafsson was born in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: Málmfríður Benjamínsdóttir b. in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Jónína Þuríður 2. Margrét Stefanía 3. Harald Edvin Tryggvi was the son of Ólafur Árnason and Margrét Halldórsdóttir who came west and settled in New Iceland in 1876 and later moved to N. …
Elín Jóhannesdóttir
Elín Jóhannesdóttir was born in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1888. She had the last name Melsted in the west. Spouse: George Scyrup. He was born in Hallson, N. Dakota to a German father, but his mother was Sigurrós (Rósa) Jónatansdóttir Halldórsson of Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Thelma Sigurrós b. 1910 in N. Dakota 2. Pauline (Polly) b. 1913 …
Sigurjón Jónsson
Sigurjón Jónsson was born in N. Dakota. He had the last name Víum or Wium in the west. Spouse: 1909 Björg Sigurðardóttir b. 1890 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Elmer Raymond 2. Baldur 3. Kart 4. Marino 5. Lily 6. Gunnar d. in France in 1944 7. Þór (Thor) d. 1977. Sigurjón was the son of Jón Björnsson and Guðrún Jónsdóttir …
Páll Sigurjónsson
Páll Sigurjónsson was born in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1886. He died in Wynyard in 1926. Spouse: Minnie Johnson, the daughter of Vilhjálmur G. Jónsson in Dalasýsla. Children: Information needed. Páll grew up in the Garðar Settlement, but move to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905, the same year as his father, Sigurjón Sveinsson. Páll …
Hannes Kristjánsson
Hannes Kristjánsson was born in N. Dakota on July 25, 1884. He died in Seattle in 1953. Spouse: June 23, 1915 Kristín Ingibjörg Ólafsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1887, d. 1957. Children: 1. Kristbjörg Ethel b. April 14, 1916 2. Kristján Brynjólfur b. April 27, 1917 3. Elvin b. September 14, 1918 4. Svanfríður b. September 27, 1919 5. …
Júlíus Bjarnason
Júlíus Bjarnason was born in the Ljósavatn County Settlement in Shawano, Wisconsin on July 31, 1876. Spouse: Sigurjóna Helga Sigurðardóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1873. Children: 1. Arthur b. Desember 4, 1899, d. March 19, 1972 2. Friðrika Laufey 3. Alma 4. Bára Wilda 5. Ingibjörg Rakel Edna. Júlíus grew up in the home of his parents, Bjarni Bjarnason …
Guðmundur Sölvason
Guðmundur Sölvason was born in N. Múlasýsla on June 5, 1863. He is registered as Þórarinsson in the west. Spouse: 1896 Solveig Jónsdóttir b. August 19, 1873 in Húnavatnssýsla. Children: Born in Winnipeg: 1. Rebekka (Rebecca) 2. Edward 3. Þórdís d. months old. Born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð): 4. Rósa (Rose) 5. Lawrence 6. Henry 7. Anna. Guðmundur came …
Sölvi Þórarinsson
Sölvi Þórarinsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1832. Spouse: Þórdís Ásgrímsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1832 Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1863 2. Björg b. 1865 They are mentioned in one western resource. It says that Guðmundur came west with his parents from Iceland to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883.
