Ólafur Siggeirsson was born in Strandasýsla on October 8, 1883. He took the name Dr. Oliver S. Olson in the west. Spouse: Leota P. Hoyt b. September 20, 1884, d. August 26, 1963 in San Francisco. Children: 1. Oliver S. b. September 24, 1911 2. Leota Pearl b. 1914 Ólafur came west in 1886 with his parents, Siggeir Ólafsson and …
Guðmundur Andrésson
Guðmundur Andrésson was born in Strandasýsla on September 15, 1867. He died in Vancouver on August 7, 1926. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Winnipeg in 1886 and lived there for some time. He later moved west to the Pacific and lived in Vancouver.
Guðmundur Sakaríasson
Guðmundur Sakaríasson was born in Strandasýsla in 1884. Spouse: 1. Guðrún Ólafsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1879. Children: Information needed. Guðmundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents, Sakarías Björnsson and Kristín Brynjólfsdóttir, in 1886. Guðrún arrived there a year later with her parents, Ólafur Ólafsson and Diljá Ólafsdóttir. They grew up there and got married. In 1910 they …
Sakarías Björnsson
Sakarías Björnsson was born on January 24 1861 in Strandasýsla. He died in Winnipeg on July 13, 1933. Spouse: Kristín Brynjólfsdóttir b. June 29, 1858 in Strandasýsla. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1884 2. Helga b. 1885, did not come west 3. Ingólfur b. in the west 4. William Björn b. in the west. Information is needed on the other two. …
Kristín Brynjólfsdóttir
Kristín Brynjólfsdóttir was born on June 29, 1858 in Strandasýsla. Spouse: Sakarías Björnsson b. January 24, 1861 in Strandasýsla, d. in Winnipeg on July 13, 1933. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1884 2. Helga b. 1885, did not come west 3. Ingólfur b. in the west 4. William Björn b. in the west. Information needed on these two children. They came …
Björn Sæmundsson
Björn Sæmundsson fæddist í Strandasýslu árið 1851. Dáinn 8. maí, 1944 í Winnipeg. Lindal vestra. Maki: 1883 Svava Björnsdóttir f. í Eyjafjarðarsýslu árið 1859, d. 19. júní, 1945. Börn: 1. Karl Franklín 2. Luther Melankton 3. George Fjölnir 4. Leifur Columbus 5. Laufey 6. Valdís Guðrún 7. Hjörtur Björn. Björn fór vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1878 og bjó …
Stefán Oddleifsson
Stefán Oddleifsson was born in Strandasýsla in 1864. He died on March 13, 1903 in a house fire in the Hnausa Settlement. Spouse: 1887 Sigríður Stefánsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1862, d. September 17, 1943 in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Stefán b. 1887, d. 1888 2. Þorsteinn b. 1889, d. 1889 3. Guðmundur (Mundi), d. 1934 4. Jón Bjarni (Jack) …
Sigurður Magnússon
Sigurður Magnússon was born in Strandasýsla on April 5, 1861. He died in Saskatchewan July 3, 1948. Spouse: December 15, 1894 Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 1, 1876, d. in Vancouver, June 7, 1970. Children: 1. Sophia b. April 21, 1896 2. Kristín (Christine) b. March 10, 1898 3. Sigurjón b. July 10, 1900, d. in April, …
Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Kristín Magnúsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla in 1816. Spouse: Magnús Jónsson who died in Iceland. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1851 2. Valgerður b. 1853 3. Jón Atli b. 1855 4. Magnús b. 1856 5. Sigurður b. 1861. Kristín and her son, Sigurður, came west to N. Dakota in 1885 and there Sigurður bought land. He moved in 1905, as a …
Ásgeir Björnsson
Ásgeir Björnsson was born on April 7, 1858 in Strandasýsla. He took the last name Byron in the west. Spouse: Guðrún Halldóra Sigurðardóttir b. October 1, 1879, d. November 12, 1952 in Mountain, N. Dakota. Children: 1. Sigurður Kristinn b. July 28, 1898 2. Júlíanna Helga b. July 18, 1901 3. Kristján Joseph b. February 20, 1904 4. Louis Marino b. …
