Eymundur Jónsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on December 23, 1840. He died in 1927. Spouse: Halldóra Stefánsdóttir b. August 18, 1844 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1866 2. Stefán b. 1867 3. Björn b. 1872 4. Lovísa b. 1874 5. Karl b. 1876 6. Ásmundur b. 1878 7. Jóhann b. 1880 8. Margrét b. 1882 9. Stefán …
Einar Einarsson
Einar Einarsson was born in New Iceland in 1877. Spouse: Þóra Margrét Kristjánsdóttir (Eyford) b. in N. Dakota on December 27, 1886. Children: They raised a girl, Helena Oddrúna. They moved from N. Dakota in 1900 to the Pine Valley Settlement in Manitoba.
Jóhannes P Eyjólfsson
Jóhannes Páll Eyjólfsson was born in 1863 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Spouse: 1903 Margrét Jónsdóttir b. 1873 in Gullbringusýsla. She was the half-sister of Erlendur Jónsson in the Pine Valley Settlement. Children: 1. Óskar 2. Leifa 3. George 4. Karl. Jóhannes learned goldsmithing in Reykjavík, moved to Copenhagen, and then moved to North Dakota in 1886. He worked in both the US …
Sigurður G Bergvinsson
Sigurður Gunnar Bergvinsson was born on February 11, 1904 in Minneota, Minnesota. Died in Winnipeg, December 20, 1996. He is registered as Siggi Wopnford in the west. Spouse: June, 1937 Sigríður Helga Sigurðardóttir b. in Bantry, N. Dakota on September 22, 1902. Helga Wopnford in Manitoba. Children: 1. Marlene JoAnn b. May 12, 1938 2. Jon Bergvin f. July 4, …
Halldór Stefánsson
Halldór Stefánsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1841. He died on January 8, 1931. Unmarried. Children: Jón b. 1867 Jón came west alone to Winnipeg in 1889 and lived there. He took the last name Hall. Halldór came west in 1901 and went directly to his brother, Þórarinn, a farmer in the Árdals Settlement.
Hallfríður Jónsdóttir
Hallfríður Jónsdóttir (Fríða) was born on April 2, 1890 at Hafþórsstaðir in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in 1977 in Langruth, Manitoba. Spouse: 1.) Jóhannes Lárusson Sölvason b. 1887 in Húnavtanssýsla, d. August 12, 1913 2.) July 3, 1939 Guðmundur Kristinn Goodmann, d. 1981 Children: 1. Njáll (Nels) 2. Pálína (Pauline) Guðrún 3. Jóhannes Sigurður (Joe) 4. Victor It is not known …
Andrés Frímann Andrésson
Andrés Frímann Andrésson was born at Fagranes in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on June 26, 1856. He died on June 6, 1926. He is registered with the last name Reykdal in the west. Spouse: October 9, 1894 Guðrún Björnsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on June 7, 1871, d. July 21, 1929 Children: They had no children but took in two foster children: 1. …
Margrét Árnadóttir
Margrét Árnadóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1872. She died in 1963. She took her foster father’s last name, Hannesson, in the west. Spouse: Unmarried, but was a housekeeper for Martein Jónsson in the Framnes Settlement and had son Carl with him. Children: 1. Guðrún Elísabet (Betty) Jónsdóttir b. 1905. 2. Carl Margrét came west in 1905 with her daughter …
Nikulás Halldórsson
Nikulás Halldórsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 10, 1887. He died on November 4, 1941. Spouse: Sveinbjörg Einarsdóttir b. in the Fljóts Settlement on January 27, 1886, d. January 10, 1967 Children: 1. Kristín Dorothy 2. Sigursteinn 3. Leonard Einar 4. Guðmundur Halldór 5. Sigurlaug Björg Nikulás came west with his foster father in 1902 and first lived with …
Jón G Gunnarsson
Jón G Gunnarsson fæddist í Skagafjarðarsýslu 5.septemebr, 1883. Dáinn 11.nóvember, 1964. Maki: 25. desember, 1911 Maria Kjær f. í Danmörku 3.apríl, 1883. Börn: 1. Agnete f. 25.október, 1912 2. Gunnar f. 8. maí, 1916 3. Axel f. 26.maí, 1918 Jón fór ungur til Danmerkur þar sem hann kvæntist. Flutti þaðan vestur í Árdals- og Framnesbyggð árið 1923.