Kristín Níelsdóttir was born on May 2, 1879 in Dalasýsla. She died in California on May 30, 1962. Spouse: She married twice: 1) unknown man of Norwegian descent 2) Francis Love, an American. Childless. She came west from Flatey in Breiðafjörður. She was first in Canada but then moved west to the Pacific and settled in Washington. Life’s road then …
Sigfríður Sigurðardóttir
Sigfríður Sigurðardóttir was born in Dalasýsla on December 12, 1850. Unmarried. Child: Guðrún Aðalsteinsdóttir b. July 7, 1879. They came west in 1898 with Jón Jónsson, a farmer in Rauðseyjar, and his wife Anna Brynjólfsdóttir. They took land in the Swan Lake Settlement (Álftavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba, and it is probable that the mother and daughter went there with them.
Helga Jónsdóttir
Helga Margrét Jónsdóttir was born in Barðastrandarsýsla on February 10, 1844. She died on October 7, 1930 in the Lundar Settlement. Unmarried. Child: Sigurður Sigurðsson b. December 1, 1869, d. February 9, 1966. Helga came west with Sigurður in 1888, together with Jón Matthíasson in Hergilsey in Barðastrandarsýsla, his wife and son. Helga worked first as a maid in their …
