Eggertína Björnfríður Eggertsdóttir was born on October 23, 1870 in Dalasýsla. She died in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota on August 12, 1960. Unmarried. Children: 1. Eggert Björn Júlíusson (Eyford) b. December 27, 1903 in Victoria, d. September 7, 1953. She came west across the sea after 1890 and was living in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia in …
Þóra Halldórsdóttir
Þóra Halldórsdóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1854. Spouse: 1) Björn Finnsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1832, d. in Manitoba on June 9, 1906. 2) Þórarinn Stefánsson of Þingeyjarsýsla. Childless Þóra came west before the turn of the century to Winnipeg, Manitoba. She made her way from there west to the Argyle Settlement where she married Björn. Björn had come …
Rannveig Jónsdóttir
Rannveig Jónsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1870. She died in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1917. Spouse: Bjarni Þórður Jósepsson b. in Dalasýsla on November 4, 1868, d. in Winnipeg on June 22, 1923. He took the name Ben Joseph in the west. Children: Information missing. Rannveig was the daughter of Jón Jónatansson and Rannveig Hákonardóttir. Information about her journey west …
Bjarni Jónsson
Bjarni Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on March 9, 1880. Child. He came west in 1882 with his parents, Jón Magnússon and Margrét Konráðsdóttir.
Margrét Konráðsdóttir
Margrét Konráðsdóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on July 7, 1852. Spouse: Jón Magnússon b. in Dalasýsla on December 12, 1844. Children: 1. Bjarni b. March 9, 1880. They came west in 1882.
Jón Magnússon
Jón Magnússon was born in Dalasýsla on December 12, 1844. Spouse: Margrét Konráðsdóttir b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on July 7, 1852. Children: 1. Bjarni b. March 9, 1880. They came west in 1882.
Kristín Bjarnadóttir
Kristín Bjarnadóttir was born on September 1, 1832 in Dalasýsla. She died in Manitoba in 1921. Spouse: 1) Guðbrandur Guðbrandsson d. in Iceland on July 15, 1873 2) Bjarni Jónsson b. May 13, 1833 in Dalasýsla, d. in Gimli in 1898. Children: With Guðbrandur: 1. Guðlaugur b. 1872 2. Jón Björn b. 1873. They both went west. They came west …
Bjarni Jónsson
Bjarni Jónsson was born on May 13, 1833 in Dalasýsla. He died in Gimli in 1898. Spouse: Kristín Bjarnadóttir b. 1833 in Dalasýsla. Childless. They came west to Winnipeg in 1883 and lived there to begin with, but then settled in Gimli in New Iceland.
Guðrún Jónsdóttir
Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on December 20, 1865. She died in Winnipeg, October 16, 1939. She took the last name Gillis in the west. Spouse: Bjarni Gíslason b. July 30, 1867 in Dalasýsla, d. in Winnipeg in 1962. He took the last name Gillis in the west. Children: 1. Edilon 2. Gísli 3. Hólmfríður. Bjarni came west to Winnipeg …
Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir
Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir was born on February 2, 1875 in Dalasýsla. She died in 1915 in N. Dakota. Spouse: Bergþór Þorvarðsson b. in Dalasýsla on January 3, 1863, d. in Pembina County, N. Dakota on May 24, 1947. Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Kristín 3. Anna 4. Pálína 5. Þorvarður 6. Þuríður f. 1899 7. Gunnlaugur. Bergþór and his brother Jónas came west …
