Jónas Jónasson was born on December 28, 1849 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died on November 25, 1942 in the Fljóts Settlement. Spouse: July 10, 1874 Helga Hallgrímsdóttir b. December 31, 1842 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. December 30, 1931 in the Fljóts Settlement. Childless, but raised these foster children: 1. Friðrika Friðriksdóttir b. March 24, 1879 in Winnipeg 2. Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir b. July …
Jónína Kristjánsdóttir
Jónína Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 6, 1872. She died in Saskatchewan on September 19, 1939. Spouse: 1896 Jón Gíslason b. August 1, 1871 in Dalasýsla, d. in Vancouver on May 4, 1956. Children: 1. Gísli 2. Marinó Aðalsteinn 3. Sigurlín Ingveldur. Jón came west in 1891 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He lived there until 1903 but they then …
Helga Hallgrímsdóttir
Helga Hallgrímsdóttir was born on December 31., 1842 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. December 30, 1931 in the Fljóts Settlement. Spouse: July 10, 1874 Jónas Jónasson b. December 28, 1849 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. November 25, 1942 in the Fljóts Settlement. Childless, but they raised a number of foster children: 1. Friðrika Friðriksdóttir b. March 24, 1879 in Winnipeg 2. Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir b. …
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir
Benedikt Benediktsson
Þorgrímur L Grímsson
Þorgrímur Laxdal Grímsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1832. He died in Minnesota on November 18, 1897 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated to Canada in 1873 and spent the first year there. He moved south to the United States and ended up in Minneota, Minnesota where he lived the rest of his life.
Magnús Hallgrímsson
Magnús Hallgrímsson was born on December 27, 1833 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in 1890 in New Iceland. Spouse: Sesselja Daníelsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 1, 1834, d. September 11, 1912. Children: 1. Ingólfur b. July 2, 1874 2. Ármann b. January 27, 1879. Sesselja also had a daughter 1. Friðrika S. Jónsdóttr b. 1850 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. They …
Anna Þorláksdóttir
Anna Þorláksdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1833. Unmarried and childless. She emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874. She would have lived in Kinmount the first year.
Sigríður Gísladóttir
Sigríður Gísladóttir was born in 1818 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Benedikt Sigurðsson died in Iceland. Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1847 2. Þorsteinn b. 1849 3. Ingibjörg b. 1850 4. Benedikt b. 1851. Sigríður emigrated west with her three youngest children in 1874. They lived in Kinmount the first year.
Þorsteinn Benediktsson
Þorsteinn Benediktsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1848. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 with his mother, Sigríður Gísladóttir, and siblings. They were in Kinmount the first year, but then Þorsteinn moved east to Lockeport, Nova Scotia.
