Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 14, 1857. She died on March 6, 1936 in Gimli, Manitoba. Spouse: Kristinn Stefánsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 9, 1856, d. in Winnipeg on September 26, 1916. Childless. Guðrún came west to Manitoba in 1876 with her parents, Jón Árnason and Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir. They settled in New Iceland, but Guðrún …
Ólafur Hallgrímsson
Ólafur Hallgrímsson fæddist í Kelduhverfi í Þingeyjarsýslu árið 1868. Ísfeld vestra. Dáinn 1948. Maki: Skúlína Kristjana Skúladóttir f. 1871, d. 1939. Börn: 1. Skúli (Skulie) f. 1891, d. 1969 2. Óli (Olie) f. 1893 3. Bergur (Berger) Ólafur f. 1893, d. 1971 4. Kristín (Christina) f. 1897 5. Baldur (Balder) 1900 6. Sofia (Sophie) Isabella f. 1902, d. 1987 7. …
Skúlína Skúladóttir
Sigurbjörn Jörundsson
Emilía Jörundsdóttir
Jón Árnason
Jón Árnason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1828. Spouse: Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, February 9, 1830, d. in Winnipeg January 31, 1913. Children: 1. Ari b. 1853, d. 1879 2. Guðrún b. 1857 3. Rósa b. 1863 4. Björg b. 1870, d. 1892 5. Árni b. 1872, d. 1894 6. Þorlákur b. 1874 7. Guðmundur 8. Sigríður. …
Guðmundur Jónsson
Guðmundur Jónsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1854. Unmarried and childless. Guðmundur emigrated west to Kinmount, Ontario in 1874 with his sister Sigríð. They travelled together to Winnipeg and settled there. Guðmundur ran a clothing store on the corner of Ross and Isabel Streets. On the floor above the store was a large hall, North West Hall, where Icelanders …
Sigríður Jónsdóttir
Sigríður Jónsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1851. Spouse: September 6, 1876 Friðrik Sigurbjörnsson born in N. Þingeyjarsýslu in 1849. The Rev. Páll Þorláksson officiated. Children: 1. Frank b. September 25, 1877 í Winnipeg 2, Friðrikka b. March 27, 1879. Believed to have been the first Icelandic children born in Winnipeg. She came west with her brother Guðmundur to Kinmount, …
Baldrún Jörundsdóttir
Baldrún Jörundsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 9, 1886. She died in Manitoba on September 23, 1936. She took the last name Eyford in the West. Spouse: 1906 Framar Jónsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 23, 1883, d. in Vogar, Manitoba on February 22, 1956. He took the name Eyford in the West. Children: 1. Stefanía Anna b. …
Jörundur Sigurbjörnsson
Jörundur Sigurbjörnsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on May 26, 1866. He died in Alberta, Canada in 1938. Spouse: Anna Jónasdóttir b. 1864, d. in Manitoba in 1919. Children: 1. Baldrún b. 1886 2. Sigurbjörn b. 1888 3. Emilía They came west to N. Dakota in 1893 and lived a year in Mountain. They moved from there to Manitoba and tok …