Ragnheiður Ósk Sigurðardóttir was born in 1856 in Skagafjarðarsýslua. She died in the Brown Settlement in Manitoba in 1923. Souse: 1878 Ólafur Árnason born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1858 d. in the Brown Settlement in Manitoba in 1917. Children: 1. Árni b. September 20, 1879 2. Ragnar Sigurður b. February 6, 1883 3. Salóme b. January 10, 1885 4. Gísli b. October …
Lilja Jónsdóttir
Lilja Jónsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1840. She died in 1940 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Stefán Hafliðason b. 1834 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1914. Children: 1. Jón b. 1866 2. Margrét b. 1870 3. Ingibjörg b. February 17, 1876 4. Ólafur b. 1872 5. Jóhanna b. 1872. They came west to New Iceland in Manitoba …
Ragnar S Ólafsson
Ragnar Sigurður Ólafsson was born on March 18, 1882 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in the Brown Settlement in 1951. He took the names Sigurður R. Ólafsson and Siggi Olafson in the west. Spouse: April 15, 1919 Anna Sigurbjörg Helgadóttir d. 1946 Children: 1. Ragnar b. 1920 2. Albert b. 1921 3. Joe b. 1922 4. Sigurður (Siggi) b. 1924 5. …
Gísli Ólafsson
Gísli Ólafsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1886. He died in the Brown Settlement in Manitoba in 1974. Spouse: 1917 Freyja Friðriksdóttir b. February 9, 1890 in Winnipeg, d. 1939 in Brown. Children: 1. Linni 2. Ólafur Link. Gísli came west in 1887 with his parents, Gísli Árnason and Ragnheiður Ósk Sigurðardóttir. The family settled in the Akra Settlement in …
Salóme Ólafsdóttir
Salóme Ólafsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1885. She died in Morden, Manitoba in 1976. Spouse: April 5, 1917 Jón Ragnar Gillis b. 1884 in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota, d. in Morden in 1970. Children: 1. Olive b. 1917 2. Árni b. 1918 3. Óskar (Oscar) b. 1920 4. Franklin b. 1922 5. John b. 1925 6. Sigríður …
Kristín Jóhannsdóttir
Kristín Jóhannsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on September 13, 1885. She died in Manitoba on April 13, 1965. Spouse: Guðni Þorsteinsson b. in Árnessýsla on November 25, 1854, d. June 3, 1948. He took the last name Thorsteinsson in the west. Children: 1. Victor Hope b. August 3, 1904, d. March 1, 1925 2. Ethel b. October 31, 1906 3. …
Jóhann Ingjaldsson
Jóhann Ingjaldsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 28, 1848. He died in Manitoba on April 5, 1903. Spouse: Björg Erlendsdóttir b. November 14, 1859 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. June 22, 1940. Children: 1. Kristín b. September 13, 1886 2. Egill b. on the sea He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in the Árnes settlement in New …
Björg Erlendsdóttir
Björg Erlendsdóttir was born on November 14, 1848 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died on June 22, 1940 in Selkirk, Manitoba. Spouse: Jóhann Ingjaldsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 28, 1848, d. in Manitoba on April 5, 1903. Children: 1. Kristín b. September 13, 1886 2. Egill b. at sea while coming west. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and …
