Guðrún Halldóra Sigurðardóttir was born in the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota on October 1, 1879. She died on November 12, 1952 in Mountain, N. Dakota. Spouse: Ásgeir Björnsson b. April 7, 1858 in Strandasýsla. He took the last name Byron in the west. Children: 1. Sigurður Kristinn b. July 28, 1898 2. Júlíanna Helga b. July 18, 1901 3. Kristján …
Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir
Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1874. Spouse: 1901 Jón Árnason b. May 2, 1872 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Guðrún 2. Árni. Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba around 1890 and lived there for some time. He once worked for Guðgeir Eggertsson, his brother-in-law, in Stony Mountain north of Winnipeg. Sigurveig went west in 1893. They moved to the …
Margrét Sigurðardóttir
Margrét Sigurðardóttir was born in 1861 in Ísafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: Gísli Árnason b. in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1854. Children: 1. Hallvarðína Sigríður b. 1889 2. Gyðríður. They emigrated west in 1892 and went to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Moved south and lived in N. Dakota the first four years. Life’s road led them to the Álftárdals Settlement in Manitoba where they lived for six years. …
Anna Jóhannsdóttir
Anna Guðrún Jóhannsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 20, 1877. She died in N. Dakota on January 7, 1956. Spouse: 1901 Jóhannes Andrésson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 28, 1873, d. in N. Dakota on December 8, 1957. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Children: 1. Ágústína María b. 1902 2. Jóhanna Guðrún b. May 19, 1904 …
Jóhannes Andrésson
Jóhannes Andrésson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 28, 1873. He died in N. Dakota on December 8, 1957. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: 1901 Anna Jóhannsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on March 20, 1877, d. January 7, 1956. Children: 1. Ágústína María b. 1902 2. Jóhanna Guðrún b. May 19, 1904 3. Jósef (Joseph) b. …
Valdimar Stefánsson
Valdimar Stefánsson was born in New Iceland on October 28, 1889. Spouse: Guðný Björnsdóttir b. February 21, 1890 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðfinna Elínborg b. November 23, 1913 2. Stefán Júlíus b. February 13, 1917 3. Pálína b. December 19, 1922. Valdimar was the son of Stefán Eiríksson and Pálína Sigríður Stefánsdóttir, early pioneers in New Iceland in 1888. He …
Júlíana Einarsdóttir
Júlíana Einarsdóttur was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in the Lundar Settlement in 1918. Spouse: Stefán Stefánsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1859, d. in the Lundar Settlement on April 20, 1903. He took the last name Stephanson in the west. Children: 1. Ágúst b. 1890 2. Valdimar (Walter) b. 1898. Stefán came west to New Jersey and lived there 10 years. …
Jón Þ Árnason
Jón Þorkell Árnason was born in Reykjavík in 1888. He died in Oak Point, Manitoba in 1967. Spouse: 1921 Helga Jónasdóttir b. November 23, 1895. Children: 1. Anna b. 1921. Jón came west to Manitoba in 1911 and worked with Helgi Einarsson in Steep Rock in northern Lake Manitoba. Helga came there and lived with her sister Halldóra and her …
Kristborg Guðmundsdóttir
Kristborg Guðmundsdóttir was born in Garður in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland on September 27, 1887. She died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 27, 1966. Spouse: Herbert McGillivray b. in Regina, Saskatchewan on March 18, 1882, d. in Minneapolis on December 22, 1956. Children: 1. Donald Guðmundur d. April 14, 1912 2. Alice Laura b. November 10, 1912 3. …
Fjóla Magnúsdóttir
Fjóla Magnúsdóttir was born on September 13, 1901 in the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba. Spouse: Páll Björnsson b. in eastern Borgarfjörður in N. Múlasýsla on January 28, 1884, d. in the Lundar Settlement in 1953. He took the name Paul Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Margrét Guðrún b. 1927 2. Paul Edward b. 1929 3. Donald Kenneth b. 1935 4. …