Þuríður Sigurbjörnsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on May 29, 1877. She died on April 22, 1961 in Lundar. Spouse: 1908 Stefán Árnason b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on October 28, 1880, d. 1940. Children: 1. Sigurbjörn b. 1911, d. 1927 2. Kristjana (Jana) b. 1914 3. Hjörtur Leó b. December 10, 1917 4. Guðrún b. December 3, 1920 Þuríður came west to Winnipeg …
Þorbjörg Sigurbjörnsdóttir
Þorbjörg Sigurbjörnsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on July 30, 1874. She died in Winnipeg on September 13, 1901. Spouse: Ívar Jónasson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1860, d. February 25, 1940 at Betel in Gimli, Manitoba. Children: 1. Guðrún b. August 1901. Þorbjörg came west to Winnipeg in 1883 with her parents, Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson and Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir. Her mother died shortly …
Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir
Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir was born on June 8, 1849 in Dalasýsla. She died in Winnipeg on 1883. Spouse: Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson b. in Dalasýsla on January 5, 1850, d. in Lundar on November 12, 1930. Children: 1. Þorbjörg b. July 30, 1874, d. September 13, 1901 in Winnipeg 2. Þuríður b. May 29, 1877, d. April 22, 1961 3. Sigríður Margrét b. 1876, …
Marteinn Jónsson
Marteinn Jónsson was born on July 4, 1863 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on April 9, 1923 in Minneapolis. He took the last name Gíslason or Gillis in the west. Spouse: October 22, 1892: Ingibjörg b. in Iceland on December 17, 1868 d. February 28, 1941. She took the first name Emma. Children: 1. John b. October 5, 1894 2. …
Magnús Gíslason
Magnús Valdemar Gíslason was born in the Garðar Settlement on October 25, 1883. He died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 3, 1952. He had the name Magnus Valdimar (Walter) Dalman in the west. Spouse: Dagbjört Lilja Gunnlaugsdóttir b. February 17, 1896 in Winnipeg, d. December 14, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Childless. Magnús was the son of Gísli Jónsson and …
Páll Gíslason
Páll Gíslason was born in Shawano County, Wisconsin in 1879. He had the name Paul Dalman in the west. Spouse: Engilráð Jónsdóttir b. 1886 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Paul b. 1906 2. Margaret b. 1909 3. Alma b. 1914. Páll was the son of Gísli Jónsson and Karólína Jónsdóttir who came west in 1873 and settled in Wisconsin. They were early …
Jón Gíslason
Jón Gíslason was born in Shawano County in Wisconsin on February 7, 1876. He had the name John Dalman in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigríður b. in Iceland on May 7, 1879. She took the name Sarah Dalman in the west. Children: 1. Leonard b. 1901 2. Isabel b. 1904 3. Ferdinand b. 1905 4. Ninna b. 1908 5. Aurora b. 1911 …
Bjarni Helgason
Bjarni Helgason was born in Húnavatnssýsla on May 10, 1832. He died in Wynyard, Saskatchewan on June 16, 1922. Spouse: Helga Jónasdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1837, d. in Manitoba on November 19, 1915. Children: 1. Ósk b. March 12, 1862 2. Sigríður b. March 22, 1864 3. Jóhann b. December 7, 1865 4. Helgi b. June 7, 1867 5. Tryggvi …
Ingibjörg K Magnúsdóttir
Ingibjörg Katrín Magnúsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 15, 1868. She died on September 29, 1926 in Minneapolis. She took the name Emma K. Bjering in the west. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Minnesota in 1888 with her mother, Vilhelmína Bjering, siblings and that is where they settled. She lived in Minneapolis the rest of her …
Hannes Skúlason
Hannes Skúlason was born in Gimli in New Iceland in 1878. He died in Wynyard, Saskatchewan in 1951. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: 1908 Margrét Guðmundsdóttir b. December 23, 1888 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. in Wynyard 1949. Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Lára 3. Skúli 4. Kristín (Christine) 5. William 6. Louisa 7. Karl (Carl) 8. Erlendur …