Svanhildur Þórðardóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla around 1837. Unmarried. She was a housekeeper for Gísli Jónsson in Kjörseyri in Strandasýsla. Child: 1. Sigríður Gísladóttir b. January 6, 1876. They came west together to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876. They first settled in New Iceland, but then moved to N. Dakota and settled in the Thingvalla Settlement.
Þóra Gísladóttir
Þóra Gísladóttir was born in 1825 in Strandasýsla. Spouse: Tómas Jón Jónsson b. April 26, 1827 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. December 26, 1901 in Gimli, Manitoba. Children: 1. Gísli Magnús b. 1864, d. in New Iceland in 1908 2. Herjólfur Jón b. 1867. Tómas had a son from his first marriage with Jarþrúður Ólafsdóttir, named Tómas. He came west. He daughter, …
Gísli M Tómasson
Gísli Magnús Tómasson was born on October 12, 1863 in Strandasýsla. He died in New Iceland on September 3, 1908. He took the last name Thompson in the west. Spouse: Móníka Friðbjörnsdóttir b. 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. November 29, 1943 in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Pétur 2. Sesselja 3. Solveig d. 1951 4. Margrét 5. Rósa. Gísli came west to Winnipeg …
Sigríður Gísladóttir
Sigríður Gísladóttir was born in Strandasýsla on January 6, 1875 and died young. Child. She was just a year old when she came to Winnipeg in 1876 with her parents, Gísli Jónsson and Svanhildur Þórðardóttir. They were first in New Iceland but moved from there to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota.
Bjarni Gíslason
Bjarni Guðmundur Gíslason was born in Húnavatnssýsla on May 20, 1861. Spouse: 1895 Anna Salóme Stefánsdóttir of Húnavatnssýsla, information needed. Childless. Bjarni came west to N. Dakota in 1887. He was there for a few years, then moved to Duluth, Minnesota and lived there until 1894 when he moved to Winnipeg. Bjarni and Anna moved west to the Pacific in …
Helga Jónatansdóttir
Jón Matthíasson
Jón Matthíasson was born in Strandasýsla on May 4, 1872. Spouse: Stefanía Kristinsdóttir b. September 17, 1875 in Wisconsin, d. May 30, 1939. Children: 1. Matthías b. October 30, 1901 2. Kristinn b. June 2, 1903 3. Margrét b. October 28, 1904 4. Aðalbjörg b. November 26, 1906 5. Guðrún, twin, b. September 8, 1908 6. Katrín (Kathryn) b. September …
Anna Björnsdóttir
Anna Björnsdóttir was born on July 30, 1859 in Strandasýsla. She died in Garðar on May 24, 1943. Spouse: December 16, 1886 Kristján Samúelsson b. December 18, 1854 in Dalasýsla, d. in N. Dakota October 2, 1947. Children: 1. Ingveldur b. September 4, 1887; d. February 12, 1893 2. Jósef b. October 13, 1888; d. February 15, 1893 3. Gísli Torfi b. …
Bjarni Matthíasson
Bjarni Matthíasson was born in Strandasýsla on September 27, 1877. He died in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota on September 6, 1911. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885 with his widowed mother, Guðrún Bjarnadóttir. They settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota.
Guðmundur Björnsson
Guðmundur Björnsson was born on September 30, 1867. He died in Alberta on December 24, 1948. Spouse: Helga Gestsdóttir b. October 13, 1861 Children: 1. Guðbjörg b. June 2, 1890 2. Guðrún b. May 8, 1896 3. Björn b. September 11, 1899. Information is needed on other children they may have had. They came to Canada in 1890 and soon …