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 …
Jón B Sveinbjarnarson
Jón Bjarni Sveinbjarnarson was born on December 29, 1874 in Dalasýsla. He died on September 24, 1937 in Drayton, N. Dakota. He took the name Jón S. Björnsson in the west. Spouse: Kristjana Jósefsdóttir b. 1892 in N. Dakota, d. May 20, 1924 in the Hallson Settlement. She took the last name Johnson in the west. Children: Information missing. Jón …
Jósep Magnússon
Jósep Magnússon was born in Dalasýsla on July 11, 1881. He died in Blaine, Washington in 1907. Child. He came west in 1883 with his parents, Magnús Jósepsson and Steinunn Ólafsdóttir. They settled in N. Dakota but moved west from there to the Pacific. Jósep died unmarried and childless.
Jón Gíslason
Jón Gíslason was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 27, 1854. He died on December 9, 1913. Spouse: Halldóra Jósefsdóttir b. August 18, 1854 in Dalasýsla, d. October 6, 1915. Children: 1. Jósefína b. July 23, 1887 2. Margrét Helga b. January 31, 1891 3. Eygerður Theodóra b. December 31, 1895. 4. Eysteinn b. October, 1892, died at three weeks. They …
Halldóra Jósefsdóttir
Halldóra Jósefsdóttir was born on August 18, 1854 in Dalasýsla. She died on October 6, 1915. She took the last name Miðdal in the west. Spouse: Jón Gíslason b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 27, 1854, d. December 9, 1913. Children: 1. Jósefína b. July 23, 1887 2. Margrét Helga b. January 31, 1891 3. Eygerður Theodóra b. December 31, 1895. 4. …
