Skúli Benjamínsson was born in Dalasýsla on September 4, 1879. He died in Manitoba on January 8, 1970. Spouse: 1) 1913 Laufey Ísleifsdóttir b. June 9, 1878, d. September 3, 1921 2) March 21, 1927 Sesselja Ögmundsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla on August 17, 1880. Children: With Laufey: 1. Eðvarð Benjamín 2. Elvíra Steinunn 3. Ingveldur Anna Melba 4. Friðrik Bernhard. …
Ingveldur Benjaminsdóttir
Ingveldur Guðný Benjamínsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on April 24, 1881. She died in Manitoba on December 25, 1961. Spouse: October 24, 1906 Jón Sigurður Einarsson b. December 15, 1880 in Barðastrandarsýsla. He took the last name Gillies in the west. Children: 1. Jón Benjamin 2. Eyþór Franklín 3. Jón Norman 4. Gladys Steinunn 5. Emil Ágúst. Ingveldur came west …
Kristinn A Þorkelsson
Kristinn Axel Þorkelsson was born in Dalasýsla in 1898. He took the name Axel Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1926 Ólöf Helga Sigurðardóttir b. in the Lundar Settlement in 1900. Children: 1. Clarence 2. Harold 3. Brenda 4. Ruby 5. Pearl. Kristinn was the son of Þorkell Jónsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir from Valþúfa at Fellsströnd. They came west in 1899 …
Þorkell Jónsson
Þorkell Jónsson was born on November 10, 1861 in Dalasýsla. He died in the Lundar Settlement on September 14, 1948. He took the last name Johnson in the west. Spouse: Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir b. October 27, 1867, d. January 20, 1909 in the Lundar Settlement. Children: 1. Jón b. 1893 2. Jófríður b. 1894 3. Halldóra b. 1896 4. Kristinn Axel …
Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir
Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir was born on October 27, 1867 in Dalasýsla. She died on January 20, 1909 in the Lundar Settlement. Spouse: Þorkell Jónsson b. November 10, 1861 in Dalasýsla, d. in the Lundar Settlement on September 14, 1948. He took the last name Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Jón b. 1893 2. Jófríður b. 1894 3. Halldóra b. 1896 4. …
Halldóra Þorkelsdóttir
Halldóra Þorkelsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on October 19, 1895. She took the name Dora Johnston in the west. Spouse: Carl Johnstone, a Canadian. Children: 1. Thelma 2. Raymond. Halldóra came west in 1899 with her parents, Þorkell Jónsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir from Fellsströnd. They settled in the Lundar Settlement. Halldóra and Carl lived in Winnipeg for many years, then …
Jófríður Þorkelsdóttir
Jófríður Þorkelsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on November 1, 1893. She had the name Freda Boyles with marriage. Spouse: Turner Boyles, an American. Childless, but they raised a niece and a nephew of Turner’s. Jófríður was the daughter of Þorkell Jónsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir who came west with their four oldest children in 1899 and settled in the Lundar Settlement …
Jón Þorkelsson
Jón Þorkelsson was born in Dalasýsla on August 18, 1892. He took the name John Thorkelson in the west. Spouse: Lucy Scott, of Canadian family. Children: 1. Wilma Joy. Jón came west to Winnipeg in 1899 with his parents, Þorkell Jónsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir. They settled in the Lundar Settlement and that is where Jón grew up. He became a …
Sveinn Guðmundsson
Sveinn Guðmundsson was born in Dalasýsla on January 14, 1853. Unmarried and childless. Sveinn came west across the sea in 1878. Information on Sveinn in the west is needed.