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.
Málfríður Jónsdóttir
Málfríður Jónsdóttir was born on May 27, 1863 in Dalasýsla. She died on September 20, 1943. Spouse: Elís Einarsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1860, d. in N. Dakota in 1923. He took the last name Eastman in the west. Children: 1. Halldóra 2. Sigríður 3. Elín 4. Philip 5. Ingólfur 6. Brandur. Elís came west across the sea in …
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on June 5, 1878. Child. He came west to Winnipeg in 1886 with his foster parents, Hjálmar Jóhannesson and Guðbjörg Sturlaugsdóttir. They settled in N. Dakota where Sigurður died in adolescence.
Anna Jónsdóttir
Anna Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born on January 28, 1885 in Dalasýsla. She died in 1939. Spouse: Colin J. Sand from Scotland, d. 1952. Children: 1. Karl 2. Duncan Rae. Anna came west in 1888 with her parents, Jón Guðmundsson and Kristín Þórðardóttir, and siblings. The family settled in the Hóla Settlement in Saskatchewan and there Anna grew up, married her …
Jón Guðmundsson
Jón Guðmundsson was born on January 5, 1832 in Dalasýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on August 14, 1896. Spouse: 1) Marta Sigríður Jónsdóttir d. March 6, 1876 2) Kristín Þórðardóttir b. September 24, 1855 in Hnappadalssýsla Children: 1. Jón Júlíus b. July 5, 1878 2. Sigurður b. May 7, 1881 3. Anna b. 1885 4. Egill b. 1888 5. Kristjón …
