Margrét Helgadóttir was born in 1833 in Dalasýsla. She died on April 5, 1932 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Hjalti Hjaltason b. 1827 in Strandasýsla, d. January 8, 1893 in the Thingvalla Settlement. 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 …
Magnús Hjaltason
Magnús Hjaltason was born in Strandasýsla in 1874. He died in Winnipeg on August 29, 1958. He was known as Dr. Magnus Hjaltason or Dr. Hjaltason in the west. Spouse: Þórunn Jónsdóttir b. 1895 in N. Múlasýsla Children: 1. Margrét 2. Björg 3. Jón Hjalti 4. Grace 5. Pearl. Magnús came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1888. …
Ingigerður A Jónsdóttir
Ingigerður Anna Jónsdóttir was born on October 14, 1875 in Strandasýsla. She came west with her foster parents, Hjalti Hjaltason and Margrét Helgadóttir. They settled in the Thingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan where Ingigerður lived a number of years. She later moved to Winnipeg. More information is needed about her life in the west.
Björn Gíslason
Björn Gíslason was born in Strandasýsla on February 18, 1844. Spouse: Rósanna Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir b. October 24, 1861. Children: Daughter b. in Iceland, d. as a newborn. Björn had a daughter, Guðbjörg, b. 1877 who came west with them. They emigrated west in 1883. Additional information is missing about them.
Rósanna Guðmundsdóttir
Rósanna Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir was born on October 24, 1861 in Strandasýsla. Spouse: Björn Gíslason b. in Strandasýsla on February 18, 1844. Children: Daughter b. in Iceland, d. as a newborn. Björn had a daughter, Guðbjörg, b. 1877 who came west with them. They came west in 1883. Additional information is missing.
Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir
Guðbjörg Björnsdóttir was born on August 9, 1876 in Strandasýsla. She came west in 1883 with her father, Björn Gíslason and stepmother, Rósanna Guðmundsdóttir. Information is needed about Guðbjörg’s life in the west.
Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir
Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir was born on June 28, 1854 in Strandasýsla. She died on May 8, 1930 in Marshland, Manitoba. Spouse: 1888 Jón Atli Magnússon b. in Strandasýsla on June 17, 1855, d. in Langruth on July 19, 1940. Children: 1. Hjaltfríður 2. Guðrún 3. Magnúsína 4. Guðmundur. Jón Atli also had Jóhanna Kristín b. 1884. Jón Atli and Guðbjörg came west …