Sakarías Þorleifsson was born in Dalasýsla on March 26, 1900. Child. He came west to Manitoba in 1903 with his parents, Þorleifur Sveinn Eiríksson and Guðbjörg Sakaríasdóttir, and siblings. The family settled in Mikley. Information is needed on Sakarías’ life.
Stefán Þorleifsson
Stefán Guðmundur Þorleifsson was born on October 31, 1902 in Dalasýsla. Child. He came west to Manitoba in 1903 with his parents, Þorleifur Sveinn Eiríksson and Guðbjörg Sakaríasdóttir. They settled in Mikley. Information on Stefán’s life in the west is needed.
Guðbjörg Bjarnadóttir
Guðbjörg Bjarnadóttir was born on April 2, 1830 in Strandasýsla. She died in Selkirk, Manitoba on March 31, 1924. She was a widow when she came west to Canada in 1903 and went on to Selkirk, Manitoba.
Anna Þ Eggertsdóttir
Anna Þórdís Eggertsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on June 15, 1858. She died in Winnipeg on November 20, 1936. She took the last name Eldon in the west. Spouse: Jón Erlendsson was b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on August 11, 1852. He died in Blaine, Washington on November 1, 1906. Children: 1. Dóra 2. Brynjólfur 3. Victor Hugo 4. Hildur Kristín. Jón …
Petrea Jensdóttir
Petrea Þuríður Jensdóttir was born on September 4, 1869 in Dalasýsla. She died on June 6, 1952 in Minnesota. Spouse: March 18, 1892 Stefán Jósefsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in December 22, 1865, d. in Minneota, Minnesota on May 26, 1925. Children: 1. Jósef Carlin b, June 11, 1914. Petrea came west in 1878 with her parents, Jens Sigurðsson and Guðrún Pétursdóttir, …
Jens Sigurðsson
Jens Jakob Sigurðsson was born in Dalasýsla on January 30, 1837. He died in Minnesota on July 22, 1922. It is assumed that he took the last name Severson in Minnesota. Spouse: Guðrún Pétursdóttir b. January 4, 1848 in Dalasýsla. Children: 1. Sigurður b. July 26, 1867, d. in Seattle on August 18, 1943 2. Petrea Þuríður b. September 4, …
Guðrún Pétursdóttir
Guðrún Pétursdóttir was born on January 4, 1848 í Dalasýsla. Spouse: Jens Jakob Sigurðsson b. in Dalasýsla on January 30, 1837, d. in Minnesota on July 22, 1922. It is presumed that he took the last name Severson in Minnesota. Children: 1. Sigurður b. July 26, 1867, d. in Seattle on August 18, 1943 2. Petrea Þuríður b. September 4, 1869, …
Baldvin Skarphéðinsson
Baldvin Skarphéðinsson was born on March 8, 1888 in Dalasýsla. Child He came west to Canada in 1894 with his grandmother, Guðríður Hannesdóttir. They went to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota where Skarphéðinn, Baldvin’s father and Guðríður’s son, had taken land in 1892. Baldvin died young.
Eyjólfur Stefánsson
Eyjólfur Stefánsson was born in Dalasýsla on October 20, 1895. Unmarried and childless. Eyjólfur came west to Manitoba in 1913. He moved all the way back home to Iceland in 1929.
Jóhann Jensson
Jóhann Jensson was born in Dalasýsla on August 27, 1875. He died in Lincoln County in Minnesota in 1904. He took the last name Severson in the west. Unmarried and childless. He came west in 1878 with his parents, Jens Sigurðsson and Guðrún Pétursdóttir, and siblings. The family settled in Lincoln County, Minnesota.
