Trausti Friðriksson was born in Höfðahverfi in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 21, 1872. He died in Winnipeg on September 28, 1962. He took the last name Frederickson in the west. Spouse: October 14, 1902 Ása Nýbjörg Ásgrímsdóttir b. January 3, 1877 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Sigtryggur b. November 8, 1903 2. Sigurlaug (Lauga) b. October 21, 1909, d. March 20, …
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 17, 1835. She died in Langruth, Manitoba on October 10, 1919. Widow. Ingibjörg came to the West as a widow in 1893, together with her daughter Elín Þóra and her husband Sigurður Finnbogason. She lived with them the rest of her life in Manitoba.
María Thomsen
María Oddný Ingibjörg Thomsen was born in Seyðisfjörður on May 17, 1868. She died in Canada on October 15, 1951. Spouse: Magnús Jóhannsson Borgfjörð b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on April 16, 1871, d. in Gimli on December 13, 1942. Children: 1. Ólöf Ágústa Jóhanna b. September 8, 1899. She had the last name Borgfjörð in the west. María came west in …
Violet I Þorsteinsdóttir
Violet Ingunn Þorsteinsdóttir was born in the Hnausa settlement in New Iceland on November 12, 1925. Spouse: August 24, 1946 Paul Burton b. March 2, 1916. His father was English and his mother was Rannveig Jónsdóttir from E. Skaftafellssýsla who came west in 1902. Children: 1. Claudia Violet b. February 22, 1948 2. Paulette Helga Rannveig b. December 25, 1949. …
Páll Jóhannsson
Páll Jóhannsson was born on October 27, 1849 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Edfield, Saskatchewan on July 22, 1928. Spouse: Guðbjörg Jóhannsdóttir b. August 24, 1869 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. near Edfield on February 19, 1927. Children: 1. Helga b. September 16, 1906 í Kanada. She was taken in as a foster child by Áskel Brandsson and Oddný Guðmundsdóttir in Saskatchewan. …
Elín K Arngrímsdóttir
Elín Kristín Arngrímsdóttir was born in Lincoln County, Minnesota on August 24, 1909. Spouse: October 31, 1936 Hallgrímur M Borgfjörð b. in Árborg on January 2, 1908. Children: 1. Marvin Robert b. February 25, 1937 2. Joyce Lilian b. June 1, 1938 3. Elín Margrét Lenore b. April 10, 1949. Elín was the daughter of Arngrímur Jósefsson and Margrét Elísabet …
Alvin T Blöndal
Alvin Theodore Blöndal was born in Winnipeg on March 1, 1924. Spouse: 1948 Marjorie Waterhouse Children: 1. Theodore August b. October 9, 1949 2. James b. May 25, 1951. Alvin was the son of Dr. Ágúst Blöndal and Guðrún Stefánsdóttir in Winnipeg. He attended school there and worked various jobs before joining the Air Force on June 16, 1943. He …
Dr. Harold Blöndal
Harold Blöndal was born in Winnipeg on June 18, 1917. He was known as Dr. Harold Blöndal in the west. Spouse: 1) 1946 Patricia Jenkins, writer, b. in Souris, Manitoba in 1927, d. November 4, 1959. 2) Doreen Stenton. Children: With Patricia: 1. Stephanie b. August 18, 1953 2. John August b. September 28, 1955 Harold was the son of …
Emily Björnsson
Emily Björnsson was born on February 21, 1906 in the Argyle settlement. Spouse: 1926 Stefán Sigmar b. in Manitoba on January 21, 1888, d. there November 4, 1947. Children: 1. Sigrún 2. Lloyd 3. Murray. Emily was the daughter of Einar Björnsson and Stefanía Guðrún Sigtryggsdóttir in the Argyle settlement. Stefán was the son of Sigmar Sigurjónsson and Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir, …
Stefán Sigmar
Stefán Sigmar was born in Manitoba on January 21, 1888. He died there on November 4, 1947. Spouse: 1926 Emily Björnson b. February 21, 1906 in the Argyle settlement. Children: 1. Sigrún 2. Lloyd 3. Murray. Stefán was the son of Sigmar Sigurjónsson and Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir, early settlers in Manitoba. He studied at an agricultural school in the province and …