Þórvör Sveinsdóttir was born at Garður in Aðalreykjadal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1849. Spouse: December 19, 1875 in Nebraska Jón Halldórsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on February 21, 1838, d. in Chicago on September 23, 1919. Children: 1. Sveinn 2. Soffía 3. Tómas 4. Páll 5. Hrólfur. All born in Nebraska Jón came west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1872. There he …
Sesselja Daníelsdóttir
Sesselja Daníelsdóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 1, 1834. She died on September 11, 1912 in New Iceland. Spouse: Magnús Hallgrímsson b. December 27, 1833 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1890 in New Iceland. Children: 1. Ingólfur b. July 2, 1874 2. Ármann b. January 27, 1879. Sesselja had a daughter: 1. Friðrika S Jónsdóttir b. 1850 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. …
Ingólfur Magnússon
Ingólfur Magnússon was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on July 2, 1874. He died in Selkirk on October 1, 1942. Spouse: 1897 Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on November 6, 1878, d. in Selkirk, Manitoba on November 27, 1947. Children: 1. Helga Lilja b. December 16, 1904, d. 1984 2. Ruth b. February 22, 1906, d. March 23, 1972 3. Magnús …
Halldór V Benediktsson
Dýrleif Björnsdóttir
Júlíus Benediktsson
Júlíus Benediktsson fæddist árið 1872 í S. Þingeyjarsýslu. Hann fór vestur til Ontario í Kanada með foreldrum sínum, Benedikt Jónssyni úr Bárðardal og Sesselju Pálsdóttur, ömmu sinni, Dýrleifu Björnsdóttur og Benedikt bróður sínum. Þau bjuggu í Rosseau í Ontario í tvö ár, fóru þaðan vestur í Nýja Ísland árið 1875 þar sem þau bjuggu í þrjú ár. Júlíus fylgdi fjölskyldunni …
Benedikt Benediktsson
Ingibjörg Jósefsdóttir
Árni Friðriksson
Árni Friðriksson was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1848. Died in Vancouver August 1, 1934. Spouse: Sigurbjörg Þorláksdóttir b. 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1941 in Vancouver. Children: 1. Walter August b. 1885, d. 1967 2. Laura b. 1889, d. 1968 3. Frederick Victor b. 1893, d. 1929 4. Annie Sarah b. 1899, d. 1987. He emigrated west to Toronto, Ontario …
Baldvin L Baldvinsson
Baldvin Lárus Baldvinsson was born on October 26, 1856 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Baldwinson in the west. He died in 1936 in Winnipeg. Spouse: September 24, 1884 Helga Sigurðardóttir b. November 15, 1866 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. August 13, 1911. Children: 1. Emily Helga b. in Quebec City on July 29, 1887 2. Sigrún María b. May 17, …