Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in 1830 in Húnavatnssýsla. Spouse: 1855 Sigurður Gíslason b. in Strandasýsla on September 6, 1823, d. February 7, 1889. Children: 1. Eggert b. 1859 2. Margrét b. 1861 3. Solveig b. 1865 4. Guðrún b. 1866 5. Sigríður b. 1874. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and went from there to the Sand Hills Settlement …
Jón A Magnússon
Jón Atli Magnússon was born in Strandasýsla on June 17, 1855. He died in Langruth on July 19, 1940. Spouse: 1888 Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir b. June 28, 1854, d. May 8, 1930 in Marshland, Manitoba. Children: 1. Hjaltfríður 2. Guðrún 3. Magnúsína 4. Guðmundur. Jón Atli also had Jóhanna Kristín b. 1884. Jón Atli and Guðbjörg came west in 1888 and …
Hafliði Árnason
Hafliði Árnason was born on March 17, 1830 in Strandasýsla. He died in the west in 1889. Spouse: Rebekka Engilbertsdóttir b. 1837 in Ísafjarðarsýsla, d. 1927 in the west. Children: 1. Árni b. September 18, 1858 2. Guðjón b. 1863 3. Líkafrón b. April 22, 1875. Hafliði and Rebekka came west in 1888, probably to Winnipeg, with Líkafrón, age 13 …
Rebekka Engilbertsdóttir
Rebekka Engilbertsdóttir was born in 1837 in Ísafjarðarsýsla. She died in 1927 in the west. Spouse: Hafliði Árnason b. March 17, 1830 in Strandasýsla, d. in the west in 1889. Children: 1. Árni b. September 18, 1858 2. Guðjón b. 1863 3. Líkafrón b. April 22, 1875. Hafliði and Rebekka came west in 1888, probably to Winnipeg, with Líkafrón age …
Jóhanna K Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Kristín Jónsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on May 30, 1884. Spouse: William Pilkington, a Canadian. Children: Information needed. Jóhanna came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with her father, Jón Atli Magnússon. Traveling with them was Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir who Jón Atli married in Winnipeg that same year. They settled near Mountain, N. Dakota but moved north from there in …
Marís Jónsson
Marís Jónsson was born in Strandasýsla on July 23, 1878. He died at Big Point, Manitoba on July 18, 1959. He took the name Maris Johnson in the west. Child. Marís came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with his mother, Sigríður Friðriksdóttir. They were first in the village of Þingvalla in Saskatchewan but moved from there to Portage la …
Líkafrón Hafliðason
Líkafrón Guðmundur Hafliðason was born in Strandasýsla on April 22, 1875. Child. He came to his western home in 1888 with his parents, Hafliði Árnason and Rebekka Engilbertsdóttir. Icelandic sources state that Líkafrón was in Selkirk, Manitoba in 1952. Further information is needed about his life in the west.
Guðrún Þorláksdóttir
Guðrún Jónína Þorláksdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on July 22, 1887. She died in Manitoba on June 29, 1965. Spouse: July 16, 1914 Trausti Andrésson b. in Reykjavík in 1888, d. in Manitoba on June 6, 1934. He took the last name Davidson in the west. Children: 1. Friðsteinn 2. Víglundur 3. Laufey Júlíana 4. Einar Filipp 5. Marínó Sigurður …
Sigþrúður Ólafsdóttir
Sigþrúður Ólafsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla in 1850. She died in Winnipeg on July 16, 1903. Spouse: Jónatan Jakobsson b. November 4, 1828 in Dalasýsla, d. in Canada on October 8, 1894. Children: 1. Helga b. March 18, 1882. They came west to Winnipeg in 1887 with Helga.
Hjalti Hjaltason
Hjalti Hjaltason was born in 1827 in Strandasýsla. He died on January 8, 1893. Spouse: 1) Guðbjörg Eyjólfsdóttir d. 1872 2) Margrét Helgadóttir b. 1833, d. April 5, 1932 in Saskatchewan. Children: With Guðbjörg: 1. Guðbjörg 2. Sigríður 3. Steinunn, did not come west. With Margrét: 1. Magnús b. 1874, d. August 29, 1958. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba …