Steingrímur Jónsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1872. Spouse: March 19, 1901 Sesselja Jónsdóttir b. in Rangárvallasýsla in 1874 Children: 1. Guðný 2. Guðrún Steingrímur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1889. They settled in the Þingvalla Settlement west of Manitoba and lived there six years. Steingrímur bought land near Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the spring of 1904, …
Jón Rögnvaldsson
Jón Rögnvaldsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1831. He died on November 26, 1903. Spouse: Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1833. Children: 1. Hallfríður Guðrún b. 1863 2. Steingrímur b. 1872 They came west from Mýri in Bárðardal in 1889 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. From there they continued to the Þingvalla Settlement west of Manitoba where they took land and …
Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir
Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1833. Spouse: Jón Rögnvaldsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1831, d. November 26, 1903. Children: 1. Hallfríður Guðrún b. 1863 2. Steingrímur b. 1872 They came west from Mýri in Bárðardal in 1889 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They continued on from there to the Þingvalla Settlement west of Manitoba where they took land and lived six …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born on September 14, 1851 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on June 4, 1935. Spouse: Kristjana Helga Jónsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on November 9, 1858, d. April 12, 1900. Children: 1. Aðalbjörg b. 1880 did not go west 2. Guðný b. 1881 emigrated 1905 3. Áslaug b. 1883 4. Hallgrímur b. 1885 emigrated 1900 5. Baldur …
Sigríður Jónsdóttir
Sigríður Jónsdóttir was born at Mýri in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1896. Spouse: April 18, 1916 Baldur Haraldsson b. in Winnipeg on April 2, 1888, d. there on September 14, 1952. He had the name Baldur H. Olson in the west. Children: 1. Katrín Sigríður b. 1917 2. Eileen Marjory b. 1921 3. Eric Baldur b. 1928 4. Norman Hugh. Sigríður came …
Hallgrímur Jónsson
Hallgrímur Jónsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1885. He died in and air battle over France on September 3, 1918. Unmarried and childless. Hallgrímur came west to Canada with his sister Sigríður in 1900. They were in Winnipeg in 1903 when his father, Jón Jónsson from Mýri, arrived there with seven of his children. The family first lived in …
Guðmundur Stefánsson
Guðmundur Stefánsson was born on April 15, 1818 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in the Garðar Settlement on November 24, 1881. Spouse: October 31, 1850 Guðbjörg Hannesdóttir b. July 8, 1830. Children: 1. Stefán b. April 15, 1853 2. Sigurlaug Einara b. November 19, 1860. They emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 1873 and lived in Dane County for a few …
