Jón Jónsson was born in 1834 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota in 1909. Spouse: 1858 Sigurbjörg Stefánsdóttir b. 1824, d. 1904. Children: 1. Helga Sigríður b. July 3, 1859 2. Jón b. November 1, 1861 They emigrated to America in 1873 and went directly to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They went west to Stoughton and lived there for a …
María S Sigurðardóttir
María Stefanía Sigurðardóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 10, 1847. She died on June 3, 1924 in N. Dakota. Spouse: 1873 Haraldur Þorláksson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1847, d. in N. Dakota in 1915. He took the last name Thorlakson in the west. Children: 1. Lovísa Björg b. September 21, 1875 2. Páll 3. Pálína 4. Ásta …
Jóhann Ó Björnsson
Jóhann Óli Björnsson was born in Ljósavatnshreppur in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1866. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1949. He was known as J. Oli Bjornson in the west. Spouse: Halldóra Guðjónsdóttir b. 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1958 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Sigrún 3. Edward d. November 17, 1942 4. Kristinn They came west in 1890 …
Halldóra Guðjónsdóttir
Halldóra Guðjónsdóttir was born in 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in 1958 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Jóhann Óli Björnsson b. in Ljósavatnshreppur in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1866, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1949. He was known as J. Oli Bjornson in the west. Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Sigrún 3. Edward d. November 17, 1942 4. Kristinn They came west …
Helga Tómasdóttir
Helga Tómasdóttir was born in 1859 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in Manitoba on July 6, 1936. Spouse: Kristján Sigurjón Magnússon b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1854, d. in Manitoba on July 31, 1926. He took the last name Ísfeld in the west. Children: 1. Hermann b. 1887 2. Hólmgeir b. 1894 3. Kjartan 4. Georg 5. Margrét 6. Hringur 7. Friðrik …
Hermann Kristjánsson
Hermann Kristjánsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1887. He took the last name Ísfeld in the west. Spouse: Björg Sigríður Jósepsdóttir b. in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota He moved in 1888 with his parents, just one year old, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They settled in the Argyle Settlement and that is where Hermann grew up. At a young …