Vilborg Jónsdóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1880. She died in Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1948. Unmarried and childless. She came to Canada in 1893 with her parents, Jón Jónsson and Þórdís Halldórsdóttir, her older sister Halldóra and brother Jón. The family settled in the Ísafold Settlement in Manitoba and there took in as a foster child Sigríður Jóhannsdóttir, b. …
Þórdís Halldórsdóttir
Þórdís Halldórsdóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1843. She died in Manitoba in 1907. Spouse: Jón Jónsson b. at Dilkanes in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1847, d. in the Framnes Settlement in Manitoba in 1911. Children: 1. Jón b. 1874 2. Halldóra b. 1876, d. about 1900 3. Vilborg b. 1880. They took in a foster daughter in the Ísafold …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born at Dilkanes in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1847. He died in the Framnes Settlement in Manitoba in 1911. Spouse: Þórdís Halldórsdóttir b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1843, d. in Manitoba in 1907. Children: 1. Jón b. 1874 2. Halldóra b. 1876, d. about 1900 3. Vilborg b. 1880. They took in a foster daughter in the Ísafold …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1874. He died on July 24, 1944 in Winnipegosis, Manitoba. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Canada in 1893 with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Þórdís Halldórsdóttir, and sisters Vilborg and Halldóra. The family settled in the Ísafold Settlement in New Iceland but had to move at the beginning of the …
Jakobína K Jóhannesdóttir
Jakobína Kristín Jóhannesdóttir was born in 1869 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: 1900 Jón Hjálmarsson, b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1875. Children: 1. Ástráður b. in Iceland 1900 2. Anna María b. on the west coast. Two additional children died in Selkirk. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1903 and lived in Selkirk the first years. Life’s road led them in …
Sigríður M Jónsdóttir
Sigríður Marta Jónsdóttir was born sometime before 1900 in the Framnes Settlement in Manitoba. Spouse: 1916 Kristján Ottó Kristjánsson b. in Arnarfjörður in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1892. Children: 1. Kristján Ottó 2. Lára Simonia 3. Jón Edwin 4. Gísli Haraldur 5. Oddný Guðrún Selma 6. Grettir Valdimar (Walter) 7. Skúli Ottó. Kristján came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1913 and moved …
Vilborg Ólafsdóttir
Vilborg Ólafsdóttir was born on July 26, 1866 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. She died on December 21, 1954. Spouse: 1907 Guðjón Guðmundsson b. October 23, 1881 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). Children: 1. Guðrún b. January 14, 1905 in Vestmannaeyjar 2. Ágústa Guðný b. in the West. They came to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1905 in first lived in Selkirk. They made …
Kristinn Þorsteinsson
Þorsteinn Kristinn Þorsteinsson was born in Reykjavík in 1889. He took the name Kristinn Þorsteinsson Oliver in the west. Spouse: Guttormína Kristín Stefánsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1891. Children: a son, information is needed. Kristinn came west in 1902 with his parents Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson and Vilborg Jónsdóttir. They first lived in Westbourne, Manitoba, later in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) …
Jóhann Ó Jónsson
Jóhann Ólafur Jónsson born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1877. His parents, Jón Jónsson and Björg Jónsdóttir, and siblings came west across the sea at the turn of the century and probably Jóhann has left about the same time. He is mentioned in the 1930 Almanak in Finnbogi Hjálmarsson’s article on settlers at Red Deer Point and Winnipegosis; “Jóhann Jónsson Norman, Pétur …
Guðrún Benediktsdóttir
Guðrún Benediktsdóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1870. Spouse: Elís Magnússon b. 1869 in Kolbeinsstaðahreppur in Snæfellsnessýsla. Childless. They came west to start their new life in 1911 and traveled to Manitoba. They settled in Winnipegosis in 1914. Guðrún worked as a midwife among Icelanders in Winnipegosis and the surrounding area.