Kristinn Stefánsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla July 9, 1856. Died in Winnipeg September 26, 1916 Spouse: August 13, 1884 Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýslu July 14, 1857, d. March 6, 1936 in Gimli, Manitoba. Childless. Kristinn emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1873. He settled in Muskoka and lived there until 1881 when he moved to Winnipeg. He lived …
Ólafur Guðmundsson
Ólafur Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1850. He died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 25, 1917. Unmarried and childless. Ólafur emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1873 and settled in Toronto.
Konráð Egilsson
Konráð Egilsson was born in 1851 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Unmarried and childless. Konráð emigrated west to Canada in 1873 and was in Ontario the first year. He moved to Markland, Nova Scotia in 1875.
Guðrún Þormóðsdóttir
Sigtryggur Jónasson
Sigtryggur Jónasson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla February 8, 1852. He died November 27, 1942 in Arborg, Manitoba. Spouse: June 15, 1876 Rannveig Ólafsdóttir b. August 2, 1853. She died on August 7, 1916. Children: 1. Foster son Percy Chaloner b. May 21, 1880 2. Rannveig (Rose) Sigríður Taylor b. September, 25, 1877. She was the daughter of Kristmundur Benjamínsson and Sigurlaug …
Benedikt V Halldórsson
Benedikt Vídalín Halldórsson was born in 1835 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Witalien or Vidalin in the west. Spouse: Sigríður (Sarah) Þorvaldsdóttir b. 1834, d. November 2, 1921 in Clatsop County, Oregon. Children: 1. Ari Vídalín (Harvey Witalien) b. 1864 2. Björg (Bertha Witalien) b. 1865 3. Halldór Vídalín b. 1869.* They emigrated west to Wisconsin in 1873 …
Þórunn Gísladóttir
Þórunn Gísladóttir was born in 1839 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Widowed. Childless. She emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and was in Kinmount the first year.
Einar Thorlacius
Einar Thorlacius was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on March 10, 1823. He died in 1911 in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Spouse: Guðrún Helgadóttir b. 1834, d. in Iceland Children: 1. Eggert b. 1857 2. Hallgrímur b. 1863 3. Einar. Einar came west to Boston in the United States in 1872 and lived there two years. His path led west …
Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir
Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir was born in 1834 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died on November 2, 1921 in Clatsop County in Oregon. She took the name Sarah Witalien in the west. Spouse: Benedikt Vídalín Halldórsson b. 1835 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the name Witalien or Vidalin in the west. Children: 1. Ari Vídalín (Harvey Witalien) b. 1864 2. Björg (Bertha Witalien) b. 1865 3. …
Ari V Benediktsson
Ari Vídalín Benediktsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1864. He died in Clatsop County in Oregon on January 30, 1920. He took the name Harvey Witalien or Harvey B. Vidalin in the west. Spouse: Rachel Dobber b. in Texas in 1886. Children: 1. Herbert Vernon b. September 17, 1909 2. Margrét E. b. December 14, 1910. Ari came west to …
