Móníka Friðbjörnsdóttir was born in 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died on November 29, 1943 in Winnipeg. She took the name Monika Thompson in the west. Spouse: Gísli Magnús Tómasson b. October 12, 1863 in Strandasýsla, d. in New Iceland on September 3, 1908. He took the last name Thompson in the west. Children: 1. Pétur 2. Sesselja 3. Solveig d. …
Sigurlaug Sæmundsdóttir
Þórdís Kristjánsdóttir
Sigrún Jónsdóttir
Friðbjörn Sigurðsson
Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir
Kristján Kærnested
Kristján Vilhelm Jónsson* was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1826. He died in the Narrows in Manitoba on January 23, 1908. He took the name Kernested or Kjernested in the west. Spouse: 1) Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir b. 1817 2) Sigurlaug Sæmundsdóttir b. 1836 in Skagafjarðarsýsla 3) Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir. Children: With Þorbjörg: 1. Páll b. 1849 2. Þórdís b. 1852. They had other …
Halldór Kristjánsson
Halldór Kristjánsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on November 16, 1869. He took the name Kernested on the west. Spouse: Sigrún Benediktsdóttir b. 1869 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Snorri 2. Kristján Vilhelm. They had a foster son named Lawrence. Halldór took land in the Víðirnes Settlement near Kjarna where his father lived.
Páll Kristjánsson
Páll Kristjánsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1858. He took the last name Kjærnested or Kernested in the west. He died in the Narrows on February 14, 1932. Spouse: 1) Sesselja Friðríksdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859 2) Guðný Jóhannesdóttir b. September 11, 1862, d. March 3, 1904 3) Snjólaug Jónsdóttir Children: with Sesselja: 1. Kristján b. 1874, d. 1882. …
Sesselja Friðriksdóttir
Sesselja Friðriksdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859. She died in N. Dakota after 1880. Spouse: Páll Kristjánsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1858. He took the last name Kjærnested or Kernested in the west, d. in the Narrows on February 14, 1932. Children: 1. Kristján b. 1874, d. 1882. Páll and Sesselja came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and …
