Jóhann Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 23, 1873. He died in Vancouver on December 20, 1963. Spouse: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. 1866 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Jón b. 1898, d. same year 2. Francis b. March 24, 1899 3. Daníel b. August 22, 1900 4. John Wesley b. November 16, 1901 5. Rakel Evangelia b. September 17, 1903 6. …
Ingibjörg Sigfúsdóttir
Ingibjörg Sigfúsdóttir was born in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on April 29, 1876. She died in Chicago Heights, Illinois on December 16, 1935. She took the name Emma Goodman in the west. Spouse: Samuel H. Koffski b. in Canada in 1876, his father was Polish, but his mother was of English descent. He died on November 3, 1929. Children: 1. Arthur …
Hildur Sigfúsdóttir
Hildur Sigfúsdóttir was born in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland. Spouse: 1901 Sigurður Kristjónsson, b. in New Iceland. Children: 1. Þóra Sigrún 2. Friðrik 3. Sigfús 4. Halldór Reykjalín b. May 9, 1908 5. Sigurður Hildibrandur 6. Kristjón Baldur 7. Hildur Sigríður 8. Ásgeir Ingvi 9. Salín Rannveig 10. Erlingur Sveinn died in childhood.
Pétur Hanson
Pétur Hanson was born in Denmark in 1846. He used the name Petur Hanson or Hans P. Hanson in the west. Spouse: Klementína Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir b. 1863 in Húnavatnssýsla. She was known as Emma or Clementina Hanson in the west. Children: 1. Emil b. 1886 2. Clements W. b. 1888 3. Magdalena Laura b. 1890 4. Albert George b. 1893. Klementína …
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on February 9, 1859. She died on August 19, 1916 in Duluth. Spouse: Kristinn Gunnarsson b. July 17, 1858 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. May 18, 1949 in Duluth, Minnesota. Children: 1. Kristín b. 1887, d. 1918 2. Hjálmar b. 1889 3. Björn (Byron) Guðbrandur b. July 13, 1891 4. Leon Einar b. August 17, 1893. They …
Kristinn Gunnarsson
Kristinn Gunnarsson was born on July 17, 1858 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died on May 18, 1949 in Duluth, Minnesota. Spouse: Margrét Guðmumundsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on February 9, 1859, d. August 19, 1916 in Duluth. Children: 1. Kristín b. 1887, d. 1918 2. Hjálmar b. 1889 3. Björn (Byron) Guðbrandur b. July 13, 1891 4. Leon Einar b. August 17, …
Elín Þorsteinsdóttir
Elín Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1856 in Rangárvallasýsla. She died in Lundar on January 11, 1944. Spouse: Jón Eiríksson born in Mýrasýsla in 1864. Children: 1. Sigurður Jón d. 1918 2. Einar 3. Svanborg 4. Solveig d. in Quebec 1900. In 1890, Jón and Elín worked in Knarrarnes in Mýrasýsla. In the last decade of the 19th century, the four children …
Jón Magnússon
Jón Magnússon was born on August 6, 1867 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg on March 2, 1952. Spouse: October 10, 1892 in Duluth, Þorgerður Eysteinsdóttir b. February 27, 1863 in Dalasýsla, d. September 16, 1941 in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Hallgerður Róslaug b. in Duluth on April 12, 1893 2. Marta Emilía 3. Helga Eysteina. Three children died young. Jón …
Jóhann F Guðmundsson
Jóhann Frímann Guðmundsson was born in Markland, Nova Scotia in 1879. He died in Duluth on September 10, 1905. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Guðmundur Guðmundsson and Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir who came west to Canada in 1874 and settled in Markland, Nova Scotia. Jóhann moved with them to Duluth, Minnesota in 1881 and lived there until the turn …
Róbert K Guðmundsson
Róbert Klemens Guðmundsson was born on February 10, 1876 in Washago, Ontario. He died on February 2, 1946 in Duluth, Minnesota. He had the name Robert Clemens Goodmanson in the west. Spouse: Anna Margaret Ottinger b. February 6, 1881 in N. Dakota, d. September 30, 1965 in Duluth. She was of German descent. Children: 1. Robert Henry b. March 20, …
