Björn Björnsson was born on May 11, 1867 in Dalasýsla. He died in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1895. Unmarried and childless. Björn came west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 with his father, Björn Jósúason. A year later, they moved west to Manitoba and settled in New Iceland. They moved from there south to N. Dakota and settled …
Margrét Ásgeirsdóttir
Margrét Ásgeirsdóttir was born on November 26, 1876 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: C. A. Fisher, a Canadian man. Children: Information missing. Margrét came west to Canada in 1882 with her parents, Ásgeir Tómasson and Valgerður Eiríksdóttir. They first spent some time in Winnipeg, moved south to N. Dakota, and lastly moved west to Calgary, Alberta in 1890. Further information about Margrét …
Aðalheiður Eyjólfsdóttir
Hjálmar Jóhannesson
Hjálmar Jóhannesson: Born in 1858 in Dalasýsla. He died on July 25, 1931 in Riverton. Spouse: 1886 Guðbjörg Sturlaugsdóttir b. 1862. in the same sýsla, d. September 3, 1912. Children: 1.Kristín Guðbjörg b. May 1, 1888 2. Jóhannes Ágúst 3. Sturlaugur Halldór 4. Sesselja Sigríður 5. Marvin Frímann 6. Stefán Hjálmar. They came west with a foster son, Sigurður Jónsson …
Guðbjörg Sturlaugsdóttir
Guðbjörg Sturlaugsdóttir was born on December 12, 1862 in Dalasýsla. She died on September 3, 1912. Spouse: 1886 Hjálmar Jóhannesson b. January 6, 1858 in Dalasýsla, d. July 25, 1931 in Riverton, Manitoba. Children: 1.Kristín Guðbjörg b. May 1, 1888 2. Jóhannes Ágúst 3. Sturlaugur Halldór 4. Sesselja Sigríður 5. Marvin Frímann 6. Stefán Hjálmar. They also brought a foster-son west with …
Þórdís Þorleifsdóttir
Þórdís Þorleifsdóttir was born on June 16, 1880. She died in New York on September 8, 1954. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Winnipeg in 1900 with her widowed mother, Ragnheiður Sigvaldadóttir, and sisters. She lived a long time in Manitoba.
Bjarni Guðmundsson
Bjarni Guðmundsson was born on October 26, 1855 in Mýrasýsla. He died on February 26, 1939. He took the last name Dalsted in the west. Spouse: 1) Sigríður Gísladóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1851, d. 1886 2) Guðný Þóra Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1864, d. June 2, 1917 Children: With Sigríður: 1. Guðmundur 2. Adólf Karl, d. December 22, 1951. With …
Egill Jónsson
Egill Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on May 3, 1887. He took the last name Stephenson or Jackson in the west. Spouse: Þóra Jónína Guðbertsdóttir b. in Winnipeg on January 30, 1889. She had the name Thora J. Jochumson in the west. Children: Information missing. Egill came west to Manitoba in 1888 with his parents, Jón Guðmundsson and Kristín Þórðardóttir. …
Einar Ólafsson
Einar Ólafsson was born in Dalasýsla on June 16, 1844. He died in Blaine, Washington on January 27, 1931. Unmarried and childless. Einar came west to Canada in 1876 and had probably followed the masses that came west to Manitoba and settled in new Iceland. It is unclear when he went west to the Pacific coast or where he moved …
Sigríður Helgadóttir
Sigríður Helgadóttir was born in Dalasýsla on August 2, 1866. Child. She came west to Canada in 1876 with her mother Solveig Jónsdóttir and half-sister Jakobína Jónsdóttir. They lived there in Ontario with Jón Gíslason, her stepfather. The family moved from there west to New Iceland, Manitoba.