Guðrún Elísabet Jónsdóttir was born on April 16, 1864 in Strandasýsla. She died on October 8, 1936. Spouse: 1) Einar Jónsson b. September 11, 1859, d. in N. Dakota before 1888. 2) 1888 Albert Samúelsson b. September 14, 1857 in Dalasýsla, d. January 13, 1930. Children: 1. Guðrún b. August 18, 1890, d. August 12, 1891 2. Einar b. February 12, …
Guðrún Magnúsdóttir
Guðrún Magnúsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on August 29, 1825. She died in N. Dakota on April 11, 1906. Spouse: Jón Jóhannesson d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Oddur b. September 25, 1850, d. January 25, 1914 2. Guðrún Elísabet b. April 16, 1864, d. October 8, 1936 3. Guðjón b. July 30, 1866, d. June 4, 1900. They emigrated to …
Guðjón Jónsson
Guðjón Jónsson was born in Strandasýsla on July 30, 1866. He died in Garðar on June 4, 1900. Spouse: June 1, 1895 Herdís Ingimundardóttir b. September 28, 1865. Children: 1. Magnús 2. Guðrún Margrét 3. Jónína Ingibjörg (Emma) 4. Henrietta Elínborg (Ella). Guðjón came west to N. Dakota with his mother, Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, and siblings Oddur and Elísabet. They all …
Jón Hjartarson
Jón Hjartarson was born on September 17, 1880 in Strandasýsla. He died on October 21, 1962. He took the name John Hjörtson in the west. Spouse: 1) Þorgerður Aldís Ólafsdóttir b. in N. Dakota, d. January 30, 1918 2) Margrét Bjarnadóttir b. in N. Dakota in 1886, d. October 29, 1944. Children: With Þorgerður: 1. Margrét b. 1916, d. 1989. …
Jón Oddsson
Jón Oddsson was born on July 8, 1875 in Strandasýsla. He died in N. Dakota on December 4, 1908. Child. He came west in 1885 with his parents, Oddur Jónsson and Ingveldur Samúelsdóttir. They settled in Garðar, N. Dakota and Jón lived there the rest of his life.
Lýður Sæmundsson
Lýður Sæmundsson was born on May 25, 1861 in Strandasýsla. He died in Winnipeg on March 26, 1942. He took the last name Líndal in the west. Spouse: November 25, 1921 Una Þórunn Sigurðardóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on July 8, 1873. Children: 1. Margrét Isabelle b. August 16, 1904, d. 1905 2. foster son Herbert Henry b. August 19, …
Samúel Oddsson
Samúel Oddsson was born in Strandasýsla on December 11, 1881. Child. He came west to N. Dakota in 1885 with his parents, Oddur Jónsson and Ingveldur Samúelsdóttir. They settled in the Garðar Settlement.
Margrét Tómasdóttir
Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir
Siggeir Ólafsson
Siggeir Ólafsson was born on December 27, 1850 in Staðarsveit in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in Duluth, Minnesota on December 20, 1915. He took the last name Olson in the west. Spouse: Halldóra Guðmundsdóttir b. August 5, 1854 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. October 28, 1921. Children: 1. Anna Halldóra d. 7 years old 2. Þorbjörg d. 11 years old 3. Þorgeir Finnbogi …
