Guðrún Björg Pálsdóttir was born in the Lundar settlement on December 22, 1909. Spouse: September 16, 1935 Victor Potter b. April 5, 1902, a Canadian. Children: 1. Lynn b. August 10, 1943 2. James b. December 12, 1946. Guðrún was the daughter of Páll Guðmundsson and Sigríður Eiríksdóttir in Lundar. Victor was a driver for Clean Towel Supply in Winnipeg, …
Rannveig Pálsdóttir
Rannveig Pálsdóttir was born on April 24, 1907 in the Lundar settlement. Spouse: October 17, 1946 Sigvaldi I Stefánsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on June 13, 1903. He took the name Walter Brandson in the west. Children: Adopted 1. Dianne Sigríður. Sigvaldi was the son of Stefán Ólaf Guðbrandsson and Sigríður Lárusdóttir of Snæfellsnessýsla who came to Manitoba in 1905. Rannveig …
Eirikka Pálsdóttir
Eirikka Pálsdóttir was born on July 8, 1905 in the Lundar settlement. She had the name Eirikka Brandson with marriage. Spouse: 1930 Stefán Ólafur Stefánsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1903, d. in Manitoba in 1952. He took the name Ólafur Brandson in the west. Children: 1. Ramon b. July 23 1930 2. Leon b. December 13, 1931 3. Sheila b. …
Guðný V Pálsdóttir
Guðný Valgerður Pálsdóttir was born in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba on February 27, 1903. She took the name Gudrun V Powell with marriage. Spouse: December 7, 1922 Henry Norman Powell b. February 17, 1894, of English descent. Children: 1. Noble Clarence b. September 6, 1923 2. Newton Robert b. February 24, 1926 3. Ronald Eldon b. June …
Þorvaldur Guðmundsson
Þorvaldur Guðmundsson was born on March 13, 1904 in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba. He died in Winnipeg on October 8, 1966. He had the name Thorvaldur Guðmundsson in the west. Spouse: August 14, 1931 Laufey Dorothy Jörundsdóttir b.in the Shoal Lake settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba on January 5, 1909. She took the name Laufey D Guðmundsson with …
Jóna G Guðmundsdóttir
Jóna Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir was born in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba on June 1, 1902. Spouse: Guðni Jónsson b. October 11, 1894 in Winnipeg. He had the last name Mýrdal in the west. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. in Lundar on April 8, 1923 2. Jón Guðni b. 1927, d. 1961 3. Margrét Ethel b. 1929 4. Þorvaldur (Thorvaldur) …
Guðni Jónsson
Guðni Jónsson was born on October 11, 1894 in Winnipeg. He had the last name Mýrdal in the west. Spouse: 1922 Jóna Guðrún b. June 1, 1902 in the Swan Lake settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. in Lundar on April 8, 1923 2. Jón Guðni b. 1927, d. 1961 3. Margrét Ethel b. 1929 4. Þorvaldur (Thorvaldur) …
Aðalbjörg Friðriksdóttir
Aðalbjörg Friðriksdóttir was born in Mozart, Saskatchewan in 1908. Spouse: Friðrik (Fred) Oberman b. October 23, 1913. Child: Cobbie. Aðalbjörg was the daughter of Friðrik Guðmundsson and Þorgerður Jónsdóttir who came west in 1905. Friðrik was the son of Laufey Friðriksdóttir, her aunt. and Jóhannes Oberman.
Arnþrúður Friðriksdóttir
Arnþrúður Friðriksdóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1905. Spouse: Halldór Stefánsson, information needed. Children: 1. Patricia 2. Þóra (Thora). Arnþrúður came west as a newborn in 1905 with her parents, Friðrik Guðmundsson and Þorgerður Jónsdóttir, and siblings. They settled in Winnipeg. Halldór was a teacher in Kandahar in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð).
Leo Jóhannesson
Leo Jóhannesson was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) May 7, 1908. He took his father’s father last name, Leo Thordarson, in the west. Spouse: April 3, 1939 Margaret McLeod, an American, b. February 11, 1906. Children: 1. Bruce Mcleod b. April 17, 1948 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Leo was the son Jóhannes Jasonarson and Guðrún Jörundsdóttir in the Lakes …