Júlíus Sveinbjarnarson was born in New Iceland on July 6, 1918. Hólm in America. Spouse: Lára Aðalheiður Guðjónsdóttir b. June 9, 1920 in New Iceland. Children: 1. Linda b. February 17, 1945 2. Sharon b. December 4, 1948. Júlíus was the son of Sveinbjörn Vigfússon and Emmy Árnadóttir who were farmers in the Víðines settlement. Lára’s parents were Guðjón Árnason …
Þorgerður M Þorkelsdóttir
Þorgerður Margrét Þorkelsdóttir was born on February 28, 1914 in Gimli in New Iceland. Spouse: Arnór Sveinbjarnarson b. April 24, 1916, in Poplar Park, Manitoba. He had the last name Hólm in the west. Children: 1. Edith b. June 14, 1937 2. Frederick b. August 29, 1946 Þorgerður’s parents were Þorkell Magnússon Johnson and Kristjana I Jónsdóttir. Arnór was the …
Arnór S Hólm
Arnór Sveinbjarnarson was born on April 24, 1916 in Poplar Park, Manitoba. He had the last name Hólm in the west. Spouse: September 4, 1937 Þorgerður Margrét Þorkelsdóttir b. February 28, 1914 in Gimli, New Iceland. Children: 1. Edith b. June 14, 1937 2. Frederick b. August 29, 1946 Arnór was the son of Sveinbjörn Vigfússon and his second wife, …
Pálmi S Hjörleifsson
Pálmi Sigursteinn Hjörleifsson fæddist í Gimli í Nýja Íslandi 29. ágúst, 1917. Dáinn 12. október, 1961. Maki: 30, október, 1937 Sigrún Ólöf Gísladóttir f. 24, desember, 1917. Börn: Kenneth Victor Pálmi f. 18. júní, 1938. Pálmi var sonur Skúla Hjörleifssonar og Ósk Guðnýjar Pálmadóttur. Pálmi ólst upp í Nýja Íslandi og gekk þar í grunnskóla. Hann byrjaði ungur að stunda …
Hreiðar Haraldsson
Hreiðar Haraldsson fæddist í Reykjavík 12. mars, 1926. Maki: 30. júní, 1956 í Las Vegas Halla Hallgrímsdóttir f. 12. október, 1928 í Reykjavík. Börn: 1. Ásta f. 16. janúar, 1957 2. Helga f. 7. apríl, 1959. Báðar fæddar í Kaliforníu. Að loknu námi í Verslunarskóla Íslands í Reykjavík flutti Hreiðar til Kaliforníu og lærði veður- og siglingafræði. Gerðist siglingafræðingur hjá …
Theodore H Jónasson
Theodore Hannes Jónasson fæddist í Thingvallabyggð í N. Dakota 30. október, 1900. Maki: 12. júní, 1929 Þuríður Bergþórsdóttir f. 1899 í N. Dakota. Börn: 1. Theodore Elvin f. 13. febrúar, 1931 2. Richard Lee f. 25. janúar, 1942. Foreldrar Theodore voru Jónas Hannesson og Rósa Teitsdóttir, bændur nærri Mountain í N. Dakota. Þuríður var dóttir Bergþórs Þorvarðssonar og Guðbjargar Jónsdóttur …
Jón Gunnarsson
Jón Gunnarsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on September 5, 1883. Spouse: December 25, 1911 Marie Kjær b. April 3, 1882 in Denmark. Children: 1. Agnete b. December 25, 1912 2. Gunnar b. May 8, 1916 3. Axel b. May 26, 1916. Jón went to Denmark in 1906 and studied there first at a folk high school in 1907-08 and then …
Kristín I Káradóttir
Kristín Ingibjörg Káradóttir was born on April 2, 1899 in Wisconsin. Spouse: Halldór Árnason b. on Washington Island, Wisconsin on October 26, 1893. He had the last name Gudmundsen in the west. Children: 1. Theresa Ann b. February 26, 1924 2. David Halldór, adopted son. Kristín was the daughter of Kári Bjarnason and Sigurlína Þorsteinsdóttir, who came west in 1899. …
Steinþór Guðmundsson
Steinþór Guðmundsson was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on September 14, 1897. Spouse: March 5, 1930 Þórdís Lovísa Nikulásdóttir b. in Winnipeg on September 16, 1896. She was known as Thordis Louvisa Ottenson in the west. Children: 1. Steinthor Jon b. August 2, 1933 2. Vilmar Nikulás b. July 5, 1935. Steinþór trained as a tailor and came to the West in …
Guðmundur Ó Goodmanson
Guðmundur Ólafsson Goodmanson was born in Manitoba on February 19, 1890. He died in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia on November 14, 1963. Spouse: December 25, 1913 Arnbjörg Sigríður Bjarnadóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 26, 1893. Children: 1. Arnbjörg Ástríður Margrét b. November 22, 1914 2. Solveig Lillian Þúríður b. June 25, 1916 3. Florence Guðríður Marcella b. October …