Guðmundur Sigvaldason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1886. Spouse: March 2, 1915 Steinunn Ólafía Guðmundsdóttir b. 1895 in Árnessýsla Children: 1. Guðmundur Sigmar b. September 14, 1916 2. Pálmi b. 20. December, 1919 3. Aðalsteinn Oktavíus b. October 14, 1921 4. Hulda b. May 26, 1929. Guðmundur was a year old when he came west with his parents in …
Anna Helgadóttir
Anna Helgadóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1839. She died on November 18, 1908 in Garðar, N. Dakota. Spouse: Lárus Gunnarsson d. in April, 1879. Children: 1. Sigríður Jakobína b. 1876 2. Þorbjörg b. October 21, 1878. Two sons died in infancy in Iceland. Anna came west to N. Dakota in 1887 and lived with her daughter Sigríður who had …
Benedikt Sakkeusson
Benedikt Líndal Sakkeusson was born in 1859 in Húnavatnssýsla. Died in Winnipeg in 1930. Spouse: December 20, 1890 Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir b. 1857 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg on February 25, 1915. Children: 1. Kristín b. 1889 2. Þórdís Guðrún b. 1892 3. Kristófer b. 1893, d. 1943 4. Kristín Dorothea b. 1895, d. 1896. Benedikt came west to Winnipeg in …
Margrét I Ólafsdóttir
Margrét Ingibjörg Ólafsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 24, 1880. She took the last name Bardal with marriage. Spouse: June 5, 1900 Arinbjörn Sigurgeirsson b. in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 21, 1866, d. in Winnipeg on November 13, 1951. He had the last name Bardal in the west. Children: 1. Amelía Sesselja b. August 17, 1902 2. …
Ólafur Sigmundsson
Ólafur Sigmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1852. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on September 6, 1917. Spouse: Helga Benediktsdóttir b. 1854 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg in 1938. Children: 1. Helga b. 1878 2. Margrét Ingibjörg b. 1880, Bardal 3. Þórey b. 1882 4. Sigurrós Ólafía b. 1886. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and lived in …
Helga Benediktsdóttir
Helga Benediktsdóttir was born on December 6, 1853 in Húnavatnssýslá. She died in Winnipeg in 1938. Spouse: Ólafur Sigmundsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1852, d. Selkirk, Manitoba on September 6, 1917. Children: 1. Helga b. 1878 2. Margrét Ingibjörg b. 1880, Bardal 3. Þórey b. 1882 4. Sigurrós Ólafía b. 1886. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1871. He took the name John J. Ruthford in the west. Spouse: 1898 Lilja Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1876 at Laugaland in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Children: Information missing. Jón came west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873 with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Karólína Magnúsdóttir. They settled in Dane County and later, in 1881, in Columbia County. They …
Magnús Jónsson
Magnús Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on March 30, 1866. He took the last name Hrútfjörð in the west. Child. He came west in 1873 with his parents, Jón Jónsson and Karólína Magnúsdóttir, and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They moved from there to Winnipeg, Canada and then south to N. Dakota. Additional information about Magnús’ life in the west is …
Margrét Benediktsdóttir
Margrét Benediktsdóttir was born on September 21, 1860 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on January 16, 1956 in Manitoba. Spouse: 1881 Sigvaldi Símonarson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on December 21, 1849, d. in the Geysir Settlement on November 2, 1918. Children: 1. Bjarni 2. Guðmundur b. June 29, 1886 3. Benedikt Valdimar b. August 30, 1889, d. December 11, 1955 4. Sigurður …
Sigvaldi Símonarson
Sigvaldi Símonarson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on December 21, 1849. He died in the Geysir Settlement on November 2, 1918. Spouse: 1881 Margrét Benediktsdóttir b. in the same sýsla on September 21, 1860, d. January 16, 1956 Children: 1. Bjarni 2. Guðmundur b. June 29, 1886 3. Benedikt Valdimar b. August 30, 1889, d. December 11, 1955 4. Sigurður Ingvar 5. …