Margrét Jensdóttir Laxdal was born in Dalasýsla on September 17, 1884. She died in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on February 21, 1957. Spouse: Milton Craik of Canadian ancestry, d. 1915. Children. 1. Bert 2. Leslie 3. Bill 4. Karl (Carl) 5. Chris. Margrét came west with her parents in 1888 and grew up in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. They took land …
Skúli Guðlaugsson
Skúli Guðlaugsson was born in Dalasýsla on March 9, 1862. He died in 1890 in New Iceland. Unmarried and childless. Skúli came west to Manitoba with his parents and siblings in 1883. They settled near Gimli. He lost his parents in 1887 and cared for his young siblings until 1890.
Ingibjörg Jóhannsdóttir
Egill Laxdal
Egill Jensson Laxdal fæddist í Dalasýslu 23. júní, 1883. Dáinn 27. ágúst, 1954 í Saskatchewan. Maki: 1915 Ella Maud Reid f. 17. febrúar, 1899, d. 4. júní, 1933. Móðir hennar var Solveig Björnsdóttir en faðirinn írskur. Börn: 1. Lilja f. 1916 2. Miltin f. 1917 3. Rudolph Jens f. 1919 d. 17. september, 1941 4. Thelma f. 1921 5. Dennis …
Sigurbjörn Jóhannesson
Sigurbjörn Jóhannesson: Born in Dalasýsla in 1870. Died in 1917. Spouse: Steinunn Daðadóttir b. 1879 in the same sýsla. Children: 1) Bjarni 2) Sesselja 3) Lilja Jónasína Sigurbjörn came west in 1889 and Steinunn traveled with her parents in 1886 to N. Dakota. They took land in the Árdals-Framnes Settlement around 1900.
Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir
Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir was born in Dalasýsla on May 8, 1858. She died in Winnipeg on December 13, 1928. Spouse: Böðvar Gíslason b. in Dalasýsla on October 20, 1853, d. in Winnipeg on June 24, 1942. He took the last name Laxdal in the west. Children: 1. Jóhannes 2. Einar. They may have had more children. Böðvar came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba …
Jens Egilsson
Jens Egilsson Laxdal was born on January 18, 1854 in Dalasýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on October 6, 1923. He took the last name Laxdal in the west. Spouse: Guðfríður Guðmundsdóttir b. August 12, 1856 in Dalasýsla. Children: 1. Egill b. June 23, 1883, d. August 27, 1954 2. Margrét b. September 17, 1884, d. February 21, 1957. They came …
Halldór Jóhannesson
Halldór Jóhannesson was born on March 2, 1856 in Dalasýsla. He drowned in the Red River in Manitoba on September 27, 1895. Spouse: Guðbjörg Guðbrandsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on September 19, 1856, d. July 7, 1899 in Selkirk. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1883 2. Þuríður b. 1884 3. Kolþerna b. 1886. They came west to Manitoba in 1887 and settled …
Guðbjörg Guðbrandsdóttir
Guðbjörg Guðbrandsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on September 19, 1856. She died on July 7, 1899 in Selkirk. Spouse: Halldór Jóhannesson b. March 2, 1856 in Dalasýsla, drowned in the Red River in Manitoba on September 27, 1895. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1883 2. Þuríður b. 1884 3. Kolþerna b. 1886. They came west to Manitoba in 1887 and settled …
Kolþerna Halldórsdóttir
Kolþerna Halldórsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on May 6, 1886. Child Kolþerna came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 with her parents, Halldór Jóhannesson and Guðbjörg Guðbrandsdóttir, and siblings. The family settled in Selkirk. Halldór and Guðbjörg died before the turn of the century and the children were taken in as fosters. Information is missing on the life of Kolþerna …
