María Þorsteinsdóttir
María Þorsteinsdóttir was born on January 7, 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on June 30, 1933 in Minnesota. Spouse: Pétur Vigfússon b. March 25, 1862 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Minnesota on December 14, 1918. He is listed with the last name Peterson in the west. Children: 1. Rósa (Rose) b. November 13, 1886 2. Gunnlaugur b. May 26, 1888; …
Þuríður Árnadóttir
Þuríður Árnadóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1819. Unmarried. Children: Rósa Gísladóttir b. November 20, 1844. Þuríður came west in 1879 to Minnesota with her daughter, Rósa Gísladóttir, and Rósa’s husband, Sigurbjörn Þorsteinsson. They settled in Lyon County. A source in Minnesota says Rósa was the niece of Þuríðar.
Rósa Gísladóttir
Rósa Gísladóttir was born on November 20, 1844 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on December 14, 1918 in Minnesota. Spouse: Sigurbjörn Þorsteinsson b. 1849 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the last name Stone in the west. Children: 1. Gísli Pétur b. August 4, 1874, d. 1908. 2. Maria b. 1882. They came west in 1879 and settled near Minneota, Minnesota. Þuríður …
Gísli P Sigurbjörnsson
Gísli Pétur Sigurbjörnsson was born on August 4, 1874 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Washburn, N. Dakota on January 16, 1908. He took the name Petur Gisli Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: Jakobína Ágústa Sigbjörnsdóttir b. August 11, 1876 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Rósa Adelina b. March 8, 1896 2. Victor Harry b. September 13, 1897 3. Jóhanna …
Þorgrímur Guðmundsson
Þorgrímur Guðmundsson was born on March 6, 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1889. Spouse: Þorbjörg Magnúsdóttir b. in 1864 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. August 25, 1887. They came west in 1888 and moved with friends to Roseau County in Minnesota. From there, the road led them west to …
Þorbjörg Magnúsdóttir
Þorbjörg Magnúsdóttir was born in 1864 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Spouse: 1) Þorgrímur Guðmundsson b. March 6, 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1889. 2) Óli Pétursson b. 1874. Children: With Þorgrímur 1. Guðmundur b. August 25, 1887. With Óli: 1. Guðbjörg b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1898. Þorgrímur and Þorbjörg came west in 1888 …
Siggeir Jóhannsson
Siggeir Jóhannsson was born on December 15, 1855 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Alberta in 1935. Spouse: Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on June 19, 1865. They divorced before 1900. She died on April 21, 1958 in Oregon in the United States. Children: 1. Albert 2. Pétur (Peter) 3. Dermundur (Mundi) 4. Jón (John) Jack 5. Óskar (Oscar), Siggeir …
