Jón Brandsson was born in Dalasýsla on July 6, 1843. He died in N. Dakota on August 5, 1921. Spouse: 1872 Margrét Guðbrandsdóttir b. September 25, 1849 in Strandasýsla, d. July 14, 1900. Children: 1. Guðbrandur b. June 1, 1874, d. June 29, 1944. Better known as Brandur J. Brandsson in the west 2. Áskell b. December 5, 1875, d. …
Herdís Ingimundardóttir
Herdís Ingimundardóttir was born on September 28, 1865 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: June 1, 1895 Guðjón Jónsson born in Strandasýsla on July 30, 1866, d. in Garðar June 4, 1900. Children: 1. Magnús 2. Guðrún Margrét 3. Jónína Ingibjörg (Emma) 4. Henrietta Elínborg (Ella). Herdís came west to N. Dakota in 1893 and lived there with Guðjón until 1900, but then …
Arnbjörg Kristjánsdóttir
Arnbjörg Kristjánsdóttir was born on December 13, 1849 in Dalasýsla. She died in Minnesota on June 1, 1905. Spouse: Daníel Guðmundsson b. in Dalasýsla on November 17, 1852. He took the last name Johnson in the west. He died in 1895 in Minnesota. Children: 1. Magnús b. 1878 2. Sturlaugur (Sterling) b. 1881 3. Guðmundur b. 1882 4. Hólmfríður (Frida) b. …
Þórdís Magnúsdóttir
Þórdís Magnúsdóttir was born in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1856. She died in Lundar on February 1, 1929. Spouse: Magnús Gíslason b. March 18, 1854 in Dalasýsla, d. February 22, 1932. Children: 1. Jóhann b. August 15, 1887 2. Guðríður b. September 26, 1888 3. Jens b. 1895. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and lived there for two years. …
Guðríður Magnúsdóttir
Guðríður Magnúsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla September 26, 1888. She died in Lundar in 1968. Spouse: Snæbjörn Einarsson b. in Barðastrandarsýsla on October 20, 1881, d. in Lundar in 1950. Children: 1. Magnús b. October 4, 1910 2. Ólafur b. 1911 3. Þórdís 4. Halldór 5. Karl, 6. Leifur 7. Helen 8. Lillian 9. Jocelyn 10. Mercedes 11. Dennis. Guðríður …
Ingiberg Ingimundarson
Ingiberg Ingimundarson was born on March 16, 1887 in Dalasýsla. He died in Lundar, Manitoba on August 24, 1964. He was known as Beggi in the west. Spouse: Emilía Aðalbjörg Sveinbjörnsdóttir b. in Manitoba. Children: 1. María Sigríður 2. Júlíus 3. Sigurður 4. Aðalheiður (Heida). Ingiberg came west to Manitoba in 1894; his parents, Ingimundur Guðmundsson and Sólborg, had come …
Jóhann Magnússon
Jóhann Magnússon was born on August 15, 1887 in Dalasýsla. Unmarried and childless. Jóhann came west to Manitoba in 1893 with his parents, Magnús Gíslason and Þórdís Magnúsdóttir. They settled in the Lundar Settlement and Jóhann lived there the rest of his life. He was considered to have great virtue and did many useful things for the community. Together with …
Brandur Ormsson
Brandur Ormsson was born on September 4, 1852 in Strandasýsla. Spouse: Margrét Gróa Jónsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1851. Childless. They came to their Western home in 1883. Information on their lives in the west is needed.
Margrét G Jónsdóttir
Margrét Gróa Jónsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1851. Spouse: Brandur Ormsson b. September 4, 1852 in Strandasýsla. Childless. They came to make their home in the west in 1883. Information on their lives there is needed.
Steinunn Þórðardóttir
Steinunn Þórðardóttir was born on September 5, 1864 in Barðastrandarsýsla. Died April 6, 1948. Spouse: 1) January 5, 1884 Sigurður Sakaríasson b. in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1828, d. in N. Dakota April 16, 1894. 2) June 29, 1895 Hafliði Guðbrandsson b. September 30, 1859, d. April 26, 1935. Children: With Sigurður:1. Sigurður Hafsteinn b. October 12, 1884 2. Ragnheiður b. April …