Jónas Þorláksson was born on February 3, 1890 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Manitoba in 1893 with his parents, Þorlákur Jónasson and Kristrún Pétursdóttir. Jónas went to school, completed his B.A. degree from the University of Manitoba in 1912, and later obtained a teaching degree. He joined the Canadian Army and served 1916-17 but had …
Ingólfur Kristjánsson
Þorlákur Jónasson
Þorlákur Jónasson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 21, 1849. He died in Winnipeg on January 27, 1928. Spouse: Kristrún Valgerður Pétursdóttir b. July 7, 1845, d. in Saskatchewan on February 19, 1921. Children: 1) Petrea Guðfinna b. June 2, 1877, d. June 6, 1942 in Winnipeg 2) Benedikt b. October 18, 1879, d. June 20, 1953 3) Hólmfríður …
Jón Finnbogason
Jón Finnbogason was born on June 14, 1850 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the name John Finnson in the west. Spouse: 1) 1877 Rebekka Marteinsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1855, d. 1878. Séra Jón Bjarnason married them. 2) 1881 Jakobína Sigurðardóttir b. 1856 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Séra Halldór Briem married them. Children: With Jakobína: 1. James Arthur. Jón emigrated west …
Kristrún Pétursdóttir
Kristrún Valgerður Pétursdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 7, 1845. She died in Saskatchewan on February 19, 1921. Spouse: October 6, 1872 Þorlákur Jónasson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 21, 1849, d. in Winnipeg on January 27, 1928. Children: 1. Petrea Guðfinna b. June 2, 1877, d. June 6, 1942 in Winnipeg 2. Benedikt b. October 18, 1879, …
Petrea Þorláksdóttir
Petrea Guðfinna Þorláksdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on June 2, 1877. She died in Winnipeg on June 6, 1942. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 with her parents, Þorlákur Jónasson and Kristrún Björnsdóttir, and her siblings. They first settled in the Argyle Settlement, but moved from there in 1909 to Dafoe in the Lakes …
Benedikt Þorláksson
Benedikt Þorláksson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 18, 1879. He died in Manitoba on June 20, 1953. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Manitoba in 1893 with his parents, Þorlákur Jónasson and Kristrún Pétursdóttir. They settled in the Argyle Settlement. Benedikt moved north in 1908 to Moosehorn Bay on Lake Manitoba with his brother, Björn, and they …
Hólmfríður Þorláksdóttir
Hólmfríður Jakobína Þorláksdóttir was born on June 17, 1882 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in Winnipeg on October 22, 1956. Unmarried and childless. She came west across the sea in 1893 with her parents, Þorlákur Jónasson and Kristrún Pétursdóttir. She lived with them in the Argyle Settlement and moved with them west to Dafoe in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in …
Björn Þorláksson
Björn Þorláksson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 20, 1884. Spouse: October 23, 1908 Kristjana Sigurgeirsdóttir b. March 21, 1881, d. December 18, 1958. Children: 1. Arnþór b. July 13, 1911, d. January 13, 1945 2. Kristján b. December 10, 1912 3. Hólmfríður María b. February 19, 1918. Björn came west to Winnipeg in 1893 with his parents, Þorlákur …
Sveinn Kristjánsson
Sveinn Gamaliel Kristjánsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on March 30, 1883. Spouse: March 24, 1909 Anna Ingibjörg Lárusdóttir b. in Bolungarvík in Ísafjarðarsýsla on September 22, 1884. Children: 1. Stanley b. February 20, 1912 2. Sveinn Guðmundur b. January 23, 1914. Sveinn came west to N. Dakota in 1885 with his parents, Kristján Indriðason and Guðfinna Jóhannesdóttir, who settled …