Einar Magnússon was born on October 16, 1830 in Barðastrandarsýsla. He died in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota on February 26, 1911. He took the last names Vestfjörð and Westford in the west. Spouse: 1) Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. 1835 in Dalasýsla, d. September 5, 1864. 2) Kristín Jónsdóttir b. 1844, d. in Blaine, Washington on June 9, …
Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir
Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir was born on May 24, 1825 in Dalasýsla. She died in N. America in August 1892. Spouse: Sveinbjörn Jónsson d. June 4, 1878. Children: Andrea Kristín b. April 25, 1961. Guðbjörg came west before 1880 with Andrea.
Andrea K Sveinbjörnsdóttir
Andrea Kristín Sveinbjörnsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on April 25, 1861. Spouse: Wilson, of English descent. Child: 1. Son, information missing. Andrea came west with her mother, Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir, before 1880. She moved with her husband to California and lived near or in Los Angeles.
Valdimar J Ólafsson
Valdimar Jóhannes Ólafsson was born in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1893. He died in Morden, Manitoba in 1958. He had the nameWalter Olafson in the west. Spouse: 1917 Jóhanna Sigurbjörg Pálsdóttir b. 1896 in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. She had the name Hannah Olafson in the west. Children: 1. Oliver 2. Sigrid (Sigga) b. 1919 …
Halldór B Ólafsson
Halldór Benedikt Ólafsson was born in Cavalier, N. Dakota in 1890. Spouse: 1927 Kristbjörg Árnadóttir b. in the Brown Settlement in Manitoba, d. 1968 in the Brown Settlement. Children: 1. Ellis Lorne 2. Doreen 3. Evelyn. Halldór was the son of Ólaf Árnason and Ragnheiður Ósk Sigurðardóttir who came west in 1887. He went with them to the Brown Settlement …
Ingimar F Líndal
Ingimar Franklín Líndal was born in Garðar, N. Dakota on December 17, 1888. Spouse: May 25, 1916 Sigfríður Björg Ólafsdóttir. Children: 1. Ólafur. Ingimar was the son of Dýrfinna Tómasdóttir and her Scottish husband. He was taken in as a foster child by his aunt and her husband, Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir and Jón Jónadabsson, and moved with them to the Lundar …
Jón B Jónsson
Jón Bjarni Jónsson was born on August 7, 1892 in Winnipeg. Spouse: February 18, 1919 Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir. Children: 1. Marsilía 2. Benedikt Ingimundur 3. Ólöf Júlía. Jón Bjarni was the son of Ingimundur Jónsson and Marsilía Halldórsdóttir. He moved in 1894 with his parents to the Grunnavatn Settlement and then to the Brown Settlement in 1907. In 1916 he …
Halldór Björnsson
Halldór Björnsson was born in 1875 in Omemee, Ontario. He had the last name Skagfjörð in the west. Spouse: 1899 Steinunn Magnúsdóttir b. 1882, d. August 3, 1903 in Morden, Manitoba. Children: 1. Sæunn 2. Oddný. Halldór was the son of the couple Björn Kristjánsson and Guðlaug Pálsdóttir, who came west in 1874. He went with them to New Iceland …
Jóhannes T Jobson
Jóhannes Tryggvi Jobson was born on May 18, 1882 in Eyford, N. Dakota. He died in Manitoba on October 12, 1952. He took the name Joe T. Sigurdson in the west. Spouse: 1907 Guðrún Björg Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1891 in S. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Laufey Pálína 2. Gunnar Einar b. 1910 3. Þórunn Ester b. 1912 4. Stefanía b. 1914 5. …
Einar Jobson
Einar Jobson was born in the Hnausa Settlement in Manitoba on February 16, 1879. He died in the Víðir Settlement in 1961. He took the name Einar J. Sigurðsson or Einar Sigurdson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Einar was the son of Job Sigurðsson and Þórunn Bjarnadóttir. He grew up with his mother in N. Dakota and in the …