Jensína Halldórsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on June 2, 1899. Spouse: June 2, 1926 Sigursteinn Jóhannesson. He took the last name Einarson in the west. Children: 1. Jónína Elín b. June 8, 1927 2. Anna May b. May 6, 1932 3. Jón Halldór Jóhannes b. March 23, 1939, d. March 29, 1939. Jensína came to Canada in 1901 with her …
Katrín Guðmundsdóttir
Katrín Sigurrós Guðmundsdóttir was born on May 24, 1891 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: Guðmundur Halldórsson b. 1879 in Árnessýsla, d. in N. Dakota in 1942. He took the name Gudmundur Vivatson in the west. Children: 1. Esther Violet b. 1923 2. Alvin Lloyd b. 1929. Katrín came west in 1911 and then traveled to N. Dakota. Guðmundur had settled there, having …
Magnús Jósefsson
Magnús Jósefsson was born in Dalasýsla on October 13, 1855. He died in N. Dakota on January 11, 1944. Spouse: Steinunn Ólafsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on August 11, 1853, d. October 20, 1940. Children: 1. Jósep b. 1881 2. Rósa b. October 15, 1882 3. Halla Jósefína b. 1884 in Hallson, ND 4. Ólína Sesselja b. January 6, 1890 5. …
Steinunn Ólafsdóttir
Steinunn Ólafsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on August 11, 1853. She died on October 20, 1940 in Blaine, Washington. Spouse: Magnús Jósefsson born in Dalasýsla on October 13, 1855. He died in Blaine on January 11, 1944. Children: 1. Jósep b. 1881 2. Rósa b. October 15, 1882 3. Halla Jósefína b. 1884 in Hallson, ND 4. Ólína Sesselja b. …
Rósa Magnúsdóttir
Rósa Magnúsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on October 15, 1882. She died in Blaine on January 11, 1944. Spouse: April 7, 1904 Kristján Rósmann Steingrímsson b. in Dalasýsla February 26, 1858, d. in Blaine, December 16, 1832. He took the last name Casper in the west. Children: 1. Steingrímur 2. Joseph 3. Steinunn Lilja 4. Magnús 5. Kristján Rósmann 6. Lárus …
Jón Jónasson
Jón Jónasson was born in Dalasýsla on February 1, 1856. Spouse: 1883 Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on March 25, 1853, d. January 5, 1932 Children: All born in N. Dakota. 1. Kristbjörg 2. Ragnheiður Jakobína 3. Halldóra Steinunn 4. Jónas Hjörtur 5. Ólína 6. Ingibjörg. Katrín had these with her first husband: 1. Guðbrandur b. 1874 2. Jón Bjarni …
Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir
Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on March 25, 1853. She died in Blaine, Washington on January 5, 1952. Spouse: 1) Sveinbjörn Björnsson d. 1881 2) Jón Jónasson b. 1856 in Dalasýsla. Children: With Sveinbjörn: 1. Guðbrandur 2. Jón Bjarni 3. Lilja. With Jón, both in the west: 1. Kristbjörg 2. Ragnheiður Jakobína 3. Halldóra Steinunn 4. Jónas Hjörtur 5. …
Guðbrandur Sveinbjarnarson
Guðbrandur Sveinbjarnarson was born on May 9, 1873 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: Maria Isaksen of Norwegian descent. Children: 1. Lilja 2. Olga 3. Margrét Guðbrandur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his mother, Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir, and step-father, Jón Jónsson, in 1883. They lived a year in Winnipeg but then moved to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota were they lived for …
Guðný Jóhannesdóttir
Guðný Jóhannesdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on September 11, 1862. She died in Manitoba on March 3, 1904. Spouse: Páll Kristjánsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1858. He took the last name Kjærnested or Kernested in the west, d. in the Narrows on February 14, 1932. Children: 1. Karl Kristján 2. Gustav Adolph 3. Vilhelm Axel 4. Jóhannes b. September 27, …
Lilja Sveinbjarnardóttir
Lilja Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir was born in Dalasýsla on November 7, 1878. She died on April 22, 1922. Spouse: Jón Bersveinsson b. in Dalasýsla on September 29, 1880, d. in Saskatchewan in 1971. Children: 1. Sesselja Margrét (Cecilia) 2. Áslaug 3. Ólína 4. Katrín Guðbjörg 5. Jónína Lillian 6. Brandur. Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with his parents …