Helga Jónasdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1837. She died in Manitoba on November 19, 1915. Spouse: Bjarni Helgason b. in Húnavatnssýsla on May 10, 1832, they divorced. He died in Wynyard, Saskatchewan on June 16, 1922. Children: 1. Ósk b. March 12, 1862 2. Sigríður b. March 22, 1864 3. Jóhann b. December 7, 1865 4. Helgi b. June …
Katrín Schou
Katrín Kristjana Schou was born on September 13, 1831 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on February 17, 1895 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigurður Pétur Laxdal b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on April 17, 1839, d. in Saskatchewan in 1910. He took the last name Laxdal in the west. Children: Lúðvík b. 1867 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She was the daughter of Hermann Sivert Christian Schou, …
Guðrún A Guðmundsdóttir
Guðrún Aldís Guðmundsdóttir was born on October 7, 1862 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Gísli Einarsson b. April 14, 1848, d. July 3, 1925 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) Children: 1. Gíslína Steinunn b. 1885 2. Magnús b. 1888 3. Lára Þóra b. 1890 4. Kristín b. 1892 5. Soffía Guðrún b. August 8, 1894. Gísli came west alone in 1900 while …
Jakobína Jakobsdóttir
Jakobína Jakobsdóttir was born in Manitoba in 1884. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1973. She was known as Bina Helgason in the west. Spouse: 1910 Sveinbjörn Jónsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1882, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1955. He took the name Sveini Sveinbjornson in the west. Children: 1. Theódór b. December 7, 1910 2. Jón …
Eiríkur Bjarnason
Eiríkur Bjarnason fæddist í Húnavatnssýslu 13. maí, 1881. Dáinn í Vatnabyggð 12. júlí, 1956. Eric B. Stephanson vestra. Maki: Þorbjörg Þorvarðardóttir f. 1887 í N. Dakota, d. 1969. Thorbjorg Stephanson vestra. Börn: 1. Kristine 2. Eric Baldvin f. 1923, d. 1996 3. Stephan Douglas f. 1926, d. 2000 4. Harold Johann f. 1927. Eiríkur var sonur Bjarna Stefánssonar og Elínar …
Olgeirína Sveinsdóttir
Olgeirína Sveinsdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1889. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1935. Olga in the west. Spouse: 1914 Bjarni Jóhannesson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1886, d, in Vatnabyggð in 1964. He is registered as Bjarni J. Ólafsson or Barney Olafson in the west. Children: 1. Jóhannes Magnús b. 1915 2. Karl (Carl) b. …
Sveinbjörg Sveinsdóttir
Sveinbjörg Sveinsdóttir was born in 1889 in Efriey in W. Skaftafellssýsla. She died in Saskatchewan in 1973. Spouse: 1915 Sigurður Guðnason b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1879, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnbyggð) in 1957. Children: 1. Lára (Laura) b. 1919 2. Hafsteinn b. 1921 3. Karl (Carl) b. 1923. Their first born, Hafsteinn, d. 1918. Sigurður came west with his …
Tómasína Guðmundsdóttir
Tómasína Ingibjörg Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir fæddist í Eyjafjarðarsýslu árið 1890. Goodman vestra. Maki: Snæbjörn Sigurgeirsson f. í S. Þingeyjarsýslu árið 1882. Snæbjörn fór vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1893 með foreldrum sínum og systkinum. Þau settust að í Argylebyggð og þar ólst hann upp. Hann nam land í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1910, það var í Kandahar/Dafoe byggð. Tómasína fór vestur …
Helgi Jónsson
Helgi Jónsson was born in 1899 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Spouse: Edna Ida. Children: 1. John 2. Eric 3. Ingrid 4. Norman. Helgi came west in 1903 with his father, Jón Jónsson from Mýri, and siblings. The family first lived in Manitoba but then moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Helgi took on office work.
Baldur Haraldsson
Baldur Haraldsson fæddist í Winnipeg 2. apríl, 1888. Dáin þar 14. september, 1952. Baldur H. Olson vestra. Maki: 18. apríl, 1916 Sigríður Jónsdóttir f. á Mýri í S. Þingeyjarsýslu árið 1896. Börn: 1. Katrín Sigríður f. 1917 2. Eileen Marjory f. 1921 3. Eric Baldur f. 1928 4. Norman Hugh. Baldur var sonur Haraldar Jóhannessonar og Karítasar Einarsdóttur sem fluttu …