Jens Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla in 1859. He died in Winnipeg on May 25, 1905. He took the last name Thorgeirsson in the west. Spouse: Anna Sigurrós Jónsdóttir b. 1869 in Dalasýsla, d. in Bradenbury, Saskatchewan on May 8, 1935. Children: 1. Jón 2. Skarphéðinn died July 30, 1913 3. Jón Þorgeir 4. Guðmundur Leó 5. Ástráður Vilhelm 6. …
Signý Skarphéðinsdóttir
Signý Skarphéðinsdóttir was born on January 10, 1889 in Dalasýsla. She died in N. Dakota in 1963. Unmarried and childless. She came west in 1912 and soon would have moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota where her father, Skarphéðinn Jónsson, lived.
Guðfinnur Jónsson
Guðfinnur Jónsson was born in Ísafjarðarsýsla on February 8, 1891. Unmarried and childless. Guðfinnur came to the West in 1910 and settld in Winnipeg. He remained there until 1912, then went west to Edmonton and from there to Wynyard, Saskatchewan in 1914. After a brief military service in 1916-17, he settled back in Winnipeg and worked as a house painter. …
Ragnar Árnason
Ragnar Árnason was born on February 4, 1891 in Ísafjörður. He took the last name Swanson in the west. Spouse: July 7, 1920 Carolína Sigurbjörg Ólafsdóttir b. in Winnipeg on October 12, 1892. She had the name Karólína Thorgeirsson in the west. Children: 1. Árni Ragnar b. April 9, 1921 2. Mary Olafia b. September 30, 1928 3. Sylvia Carolyn …
