Ágúst Árnason
Kristján Ágúst Árnason was born on August 27, 1866 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Saskatchewan in 1923. Spouse: Sigurveig Þorláksdóttir b. December 3, 1870 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. January 5, 1913. Children: 1. Helgi b. May 22, 1893 2. Brynjólfur b. 1898. They came west to Canada in 1905 and went directly to the Hekla-Hólar Settlement in Saskatchewan. They …
Sigurveig Þorláksdóttir
Sigurveig Þorláksdóttir was born on December 3, 1870 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. January 5, 1913. Spouse: Kristján Ágúst Árnason b. August 27, 1866 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Saskatchewan in 1923. Children: 1. Helgi b. May 22, 1893 2. Brynjólfur b. 1898. They came west to Canada in 1905 and went directly to the Hekla-Hólar Settlement in Saskatchewan where they homesteaded.
Jón Árnason
Jón Árnason was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on February 12, 1856. He died in Elfros, Saskatchewan on October 29, 1917. Widower. Jón came west across the sea in 1903 with his daughters Sigurveig, 16 years old, and Guðbjörg, age 14. In his later years, he lived with his daughter Sigurveig and her husband Jóhannes Gíslason near Elfros in the Lakes …
Sigurður Benediktsson
Sigurður Vigfús Benediktsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on March 3, 1874. Spouse: 1904 Guðríður Helgadóttir b. October 19, 1879, d. 1947. Children: 1. Helgi Sigtryggur b. January 16, 1906 2. Arnþór Vigfús b. June 20, 1908 3. Elín Sigríður b. March 21, 1910 4. Anna Jóhanna b. February 8, 1912 5. Kristinn Sigurbjörn b. September 26, 1916 6. Karl …
Guðríður Helgadóttir
Guðríður Helgadóttir was born on October 19, 1879 in Eyjafjarðarsysla. She died in 1947. Spouse: 1904 Sigurður Vigfús Benediktsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on March 3, 1874. Children: 1. Helgi Sigtryggur b. January 16, 1906 2. Arnþór Vigfús b. June 20, 1908 3. Elín Sigríður b. March 21, 1910 4. Anna Jóhanna b. February 8, 1912 5. Kristinn Sigurbjörn b. …
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir was born on July 4, 1886 in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: February 5, 1912 Jóhannes Guðjónsson b.in N. Múlasýsla on October 9, 1879. Children: 1. Árni Júlíus b. April 11, 1913 2. Guðjón b. October 1, 1914 3. Daníel b. December 12, 1915 4. Jón b. November 19, 1917, d. in WWII on June 4, 1944 5. Kári b. …
Árni Sigurbjörnsson
Árni Sigurbjörnsson was born on June 4, 1889 in Vopnafjörður in N. Múlasýsla. Unmarried and childless. Árni lost his mother, Oktavía Jónsdóttir, on April 2,1900. He was taken in as a foster child by the couple Sigvaldur Baldvinsson and Guðrún Jónsdóttir. He went with them to the West in 1902 and settled in N. Dakota. Árni lived there the rest …
