Vilborg S Árnadóttir
Guðrún Sigvaldadóttir
Guðrún Sigvaldadóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in1869. Spouse: Unknown Children: No information Emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1891. One Canadian source (IRS) states that she got married and lived in Vancouver. .
Þorvaldur Sveinsson
Þorvaldur Sveinsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on January 6, 1860. Spouse: January 18, 1896 Halldóra Guðrún Albertsdóttir b. 1874 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Elín Albertína 2. Lilja Valdína 3. Pétur Skúli 4. Albert Valtýr Sveinn 5. Emil Einar 6. Anna Soffía 7. Theodora Þorsteina. Þorvaldur emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1881. He traveled south to Minnesota where he lived …
Sigurður Hannesson
Sigurður Hannesson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 7, 1861. He died in New Iceland on December 14, 1948. Spouse: October 26, 1895 Þórdís Einarsdóttir b. April 8, 1854 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. December 26, 1946. Children: 1. Guðrún Þorbjörg b. June 15, 1897. Þórdís earlier gave birth to Egil Bessason b. 1892. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 …
Halldór Jónsson
Halldór Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1869. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1939. He took the name Halldor Johnson in the west. Spouse: Vilborg Gunnlaugsdóttir b. 1867 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. 1908 in the Lakes Settlment (Vatnabyggð) Children: 1. Önundur Marvin b. 1904 2. Gunnar Guðlaugur b. 1903. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in …
Guðrún Sigurðardóttir
Guðrún Þorbjörg Sigurðardóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on June 15, 1897. Unmarried and childless. Guðrún’s parents, Sigurður Hannesson and Þórdís Einarsdóttir, came west in 1900 and settled in New Iceland. Guðrún grew up with them in the Víðines settlement and later in Húsavík. Guðrún lived all her life in New Iceland, lastly in Gimli.
Þórdís Einarsdóttir
Þórdís Einarsdóttir was born on April 8, 1854 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on December 26, 1946. Spouse: October 26, 1895 Sigurður Hannesson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 7, 1861, d. in New Iceland on December 14, 1948. Children: 1. Guðrún Þorbjörg b. June 15, 1897. Þórdís also had a son, Egil Bessason b. 1892. They came west …