Stefán Egilsson fæddist 1874 í N.Múlasýslu. Dáinn 19.apríl, 1951. Anderson vestra. Maki:Gyðríður Guðnadóttir f. 1873. Dáin 15.nóvember, 1958 Börn: Valdimar f. 31.október, 1903 2. Guðlaug d. 22.desember, 1938 Stefán og Gyðríður fluttu vestur árið 1903 og fóru til Nýja Íslands. Þau tóku land í Árdal- og Framnesbyggð og fluttu á það 1905. Seldu það Gunnari Alexanderssyni árið 1907 og fluttu …
Sigurfinnur Sigurðsson
Sigurfinnur Sigurðsson: Born in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla on June 20, 1857. Died in Saskatchewan in 1923. Spouse: Sesselja Árnadóttir born in 1871 in Suður-Múlasýsla and died on September 11, 1963 at Foam Lake. Children: 1) Árni b. 1896. 2) Guðný b. 1899. Died young. 3) Sigurfinnur (Finnur) b. 1900 4) Björgvin b. November 3, 1901 5) Sesselja (Lóa) b. April 8, 1904 6) …
Guðmundur Jónsson
Guðmundur Jónsson was born in Mikley on September 2, 1876. He died on July 2, 1929. He took the name Johnson in the west. Spouse: December 8, 1900. Herdís Jónasdóttir (Thorsteinsson) born in New Iceland, the daughter of Jónas Þorsteinsson and Lilja Friðfinnsdóttir. Children: 1) Jónas Hermundur b. October 20, 1901 2) Lilja Jóhanna b. December 31, 1902 3) Jónína …
Jón Stefánsson
Jón Stefánsson: Born in Skagafjord in 1834. Took the name Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1) Kristín Sölvadóttir 2) Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir born in 1872 in Skagafjord, d. in 1954. Children: With Kristín: 1) Jónína Kristín 2) Anna Kristín 3) Þorleifur 4) Stefán. With Ragnheiður Þorfinnsdóttir: 1) Sölvi 2) Jón 3) Júníus. With Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir: 1) Kristján 2) Eliman 3) Jóhannes …
Sveinn Sveinsson
Sveinn Sveinsson was born in Árnessýsla on March 28, 1850 and died on July 26, 1932. Spouse: Jóhanna Jónsdóttir b. October 28, 1851. Died January 5, 1942. Children: 1) Sesselja Ögmunda b. June 9, 1877. She was the wife of Gunnar Oddsson 2) Kristinn Frímann b. 1883. Unknown if he came west. Sveinn and Jóhanna lived at Breðamýrarholt in Flóa …
Björn Jón Björnsson
Björn Jón Björnsson: Born in Skagafjordur in 1847. Died 1931. Spouse: 1875 Ingibjörg Þuríður Brynjólfsdóttir b. 1850. Died 1932. Children: 1) Brynjólfur Egill b. 1876. Died 1936 2) Lárína Halldóra (Lára) b. 1880. Died 1901. They also raised Elina Andrésdóttir. Her father and Björn were brothers. They came west in 1888 and settled in the Isafold Settlement. In 1901, they …
Benjamín Pétursson
Benjamín Pétursson was born in Húnavatnssýsla September 22, 1879. Was Benjamin S. Gudmundson in Canada. Died April 7, 1941. Spouse: 1905 Júlíana Þorsteinsdóttir b. in Mikley in New Iceland April 23, 1883. Died February 2, 1952. Children: 1. Stefanía Guðrún b. August 10, 1905 2. Valdimar Thorstein b. July 31, 1906 3. Magnús b. September 14, 1907, d. February 5, 1986 …
Þóra Þórólfsdóttir
Þóra Þórólfsdóttir fæddist í Holti á Barðastrandarsýslu árið 1874. Fór með skipi til Skotlands ásamt fleiri vesturfórum trúlega árið 1902. Þar lenti hún í þeirri ógæfu að vera rænd og komst því ekki í vesturfaraskip. Gafst ekki upp heldur fékk sér vinnu í Skotlandi og vann fyrir fargjaldi vestur um haf. Kom til Boston í Bandaríkjunum og giftist þar bandarískum …
Jón Þorsteinsson
Jón Helgi Júlíus Þorsteinsson: Born April 10, 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died on May 19, 1924. He took the name Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: Albertína Arnþrúður Jónsdóttir born December 3, 1853 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. March 30, 1937. Children: 1. Valgerður b. 1883 2. Jón b. 1889 3. Hólmfríður b. 1892 4. Þorsteinn b. 1894. They emigrated west at the …
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was born in Geysir Settlement. Wrote his name Jón S Nordal in Canada.. Spouse: 1) Sigrún Sigmundsdóttir b. 1879 í Húnvatnssýsla, d. 1906. 2) 1908 Valgerður Schram. Children: With first wife 1. Sigurður Friðrik 2. Sigríður 3. Sigrún. With second wife: 1. Jónas 2. Guðmundur Edward 3. Einar 4. Kristín Elín 5. Jóhanna Sigríður 6. Florence Margrét. Jón was the …