Málmfríður Hallgerður Jónsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on September 13, 1873. She died in Manitoba on January 8, 1965. Spouse: November 11, 1890 Finnbogi Þorgilsson b. in Hnappadalssýsla in 1866, d. November 9, 1831 in the Lundar Settlement. He took the last name Thorgilson in the west. Children: 1. Kristín d. September 27, 1965 2. Óskar Jóhann b. 1896 3. …
Oddgeir F Andrésson
Oddgeir Friðrik Andrésson was born in 1869 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on October 24, 1941 in Winnipeg. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: Málfríður Jónsdóttir b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on January 14, 1868. d. in 1960 in Los Angeles, California. Children: 1. John Martin b. 1897 2. Harry b. 1901, d. 1948 3. Stanley d. December 2, …
Málfríður Jónsdóttir
Málfríður Jónsdóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on January 14, 1868. She died in 1960 in Los Angeles, California. Spouse: Oddgeir Friðrik Andrésson, b. 1869 in N. Múlasýsla, d. October 24, 1941. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Children: 1. John Martin b. 1897 2. Harry b. 1901, d. 1948 3. Stanley d. December 2, 1964 4. Gústav. …
Lilja Jensdóttir
Lilja Jensdóttir was born in Strathclair, Manitoba in 1891. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on April 17, 1912. She had the last name Laxdal in the west. Unmarried and childless. Lilja was the daughter of Jens Egilsson and Guðfríður Guðmundsdóttir, who came west in 1888 of Dalasýsla with their two children, Egill and Margrét. Dalamenn III …
Laufey Þ Þórhallsdóttir
Laufey Þuríður Þórhallsdóttir was born on July 9, 1895 in Dalasýsla. Child. She came west to Canada in 1900 with her widowed mother, Sigurást Daðadóttir. They were in N. Dakota until 1905, then moved west to Markerville, Alberta. There Sigurást married Jóhann Björnsson and Laufey grew up in their home. Resources (Dalamenn III) say she was in an orchestra and married …
Sigurást Daðadóttir
Sigurást Daðadóttir was born on August 10, 1863 in Dalasýsla. She died on April 27, 1949 in Innisfail, Alberta. Spouse: 1) Þórhallur Jónsson b. September 12, 1851, d. December 23, 1896 2) April 19, 1906 Jóhann Björnsson b. July 31, 1856 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in Alberta on May 3, 1942 Children: With Þórhallur: 1. Sigríður Rósbjörg 2. Laufey Þuríður b. …
Lárus Þ Thorarensen
Lárus Þórarinn Thorarensen was born in Dalasýsla on September 12, 1877. He died on his way home on the Atlantic Ocean on June 11, 1912. Unmarried and childless. He came west to N. Dakota where he was the ordained pastor for the Garðar and Thingvalla Settlements. He served the congregations there until 1912 but then he decided to go back …
Lára Jónasdóttir
Lára Jónasdóttir was born in the West in 1883. She died in the Beaulieu Settlement in N. Dakota on June 21, 1917. She took the name Ásthildur Lára Sturlaugson in the west. Spouse: Stefán Tómasson b. 1863, d. 1948 in N. Dakota. Children: Information missing. Lára was the daughter of Jónas Sturlaugsson and Ásgerður Björnsdóttir who came west from Dalasýsla …
Kristjana Jónsdóttir
Kristjana Jónsdóttir was born on July 18, 1856 in Dalasýsla. She took the last name Eyolfson in the west. Spouse: Þorsteinn Eyjólfsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1855, d. in Lundar in 1914. Children: 1. Ragnar Eyjólfur b. 1891, d. 1965 2. Jón Friðrik (John Frederick) b. February 13, 1893, d. March 11, 1952 3. Tómas (Thomas) b. 1895, d. …
Kristján Pétursson
Kristján Pétursson was born in Dalasýsla on July 7, 1881. He died in Saskatchewan about 1932. Unmarried and childless. He came west as an adult to Canada and settled in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan, near Mozart.