Magnús Friðbjörnsson was born on December 16, 1873 in Ontario, Canada. He took the name Magnús F. Bjornsson in the west. Spouse: Guðbjörg Sigurbjörnsdóttir b. March 17, 1880 in Gimli, Manitoba. Children: 1. Sigurbjörn b. January 27, 1900 2. Friðbjörn b. January 8, 1902 3. Anna Sigríður b. September 11, 1904 4. Árni Magnús b. March 22, 1910 5. Kristinn b. …
Ragnheiður M Erlendsdóttir
Ragnheiður Margrét Erlendsdóttir was born on June 7, 1870 in Árnessýsla. She died on July 5, 1961 in Gimli, Manitoba. Spouse: February 2, 1901 Árni Pálsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on January 16, 1879, d. October 29, 1957 í Manitoba. Childless. Ragnheiður was the sister of Ingimundur, Guðjón, and Eyjólfur who settled on Lake Manitoba. Árni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 …
Guðný Jónsdóttir
Guðný Jónsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1856. She died in 1952 in Langruth, Manitoba. Spouse: 1) Guðmundur Bjarnason b. in N. Múlasýsla, d. in the Lundar Settlement on September 24, 1896. He took the last name Nordal in the west. 2) Magnús Kaprasíusson b. 1862 in N. Múlasýsla Children: With Guðmundur: 1. Jón (John) b. 1890 2. Bjarni b. …
Steinunn Gísladóttir
Steinunn Gísladóttir was born on November 10, 1854 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on January 1, 1958 in New Iceland. Spouse: September 21, 1879 Bjarni Júlíanusson, b. in Dalasýsla on June 15, 1856, d. in an accident in the Fljóts Settlement in 1894. Children: 1. Júlíana Ósk b. July 7, 1876 2. Karitas b. August 30, 1877 3. Svanborg b. December 4, …
Ósk Guðmundsdóttir
Ósk Guðmundsdóttir was born on September 22, 1814 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in 1888 in New Iceland. Spouse: November 18, 1857 Júlíanus Bjarnason b. in Dalasýsla on July 29, 1821. He died in New Iceland about 1890. Children: Ósk had 14 children with her first husband, Guðmundur Jónsson, of them seven survived. Daughter Guðlaug, b. August 30, 1851, came west to …
Skúli Pálsson
Skúli Robert Pálsson was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 25, 1904. He died there on August 1, 1972. He had the name Skuli R. Bergson in the west. Sposue: 1) Mary Erickson b. 1908 of Norwegian descent. 2) Marian Wald b. November 20, 1931, d. July 21, 1989. Children: With Mary: 1. Ronald Francis b. 1926. With Marian: 1. …
Snæbjörn Pálsson
Snæbjörn Pálsson was born on November 15, 1896 in Duluth, Minnesota. He died there on November 18, 1965. He had the name Snibjorn Bergson in the west. Spouse: Edith McCumber b. April 5, 1899, d. August 28, 1980. Children: 1. Herbert William b. 1927. Snæbjörn’s parents, Páll Bergsson and Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, came west to Winnipeg in 1887. They moved from …
Laufey Pálsdóttir
Laufey Jeanette Pálsdóttir was born on June 25, 1894 in Duluth, Minnesota. She died on March 1, 1987 in St. Louis County in Minnesota. She had the name Laufey Jeanette Bergson then Rikhus in the west. Spouse: August 24, 1920 John Rikhus b. March 11, 1888, d. October 21, 1965. Children: 1. William Howard b. August 24, 1920 2. Marjorie …
Axel Pálsson
Axel Francis Pálsson was born on March 23, 1892 in Duluth, Minnesota. He died in St. Louis County, Minnesota on July 8, 1965. He had the name Axel Francis Bergson in the west. Spouse: 1932 Sigrid Iva Iverson of foreign descent. Children: 1. Frances Sigrid b. 1932 2. John Paul b. 1934 3. Marguerite b. August 24, 1936 4. James …
Gunnlaugur Bergsson
Gunnlaugur Bergsson was born in Winnipeg on January 26, 1889. He died in Duluth, Minnesota on January 4, 1976. He had the name Gunder Bergson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Gunnlaugur was the son of Páll Bergsson and Sigríður Halldórsdóttir who came west to Winnipeg in 1887. They settled in Duluth in 1881 and Gunnlaugur lived there the rest …