Kristín Þórðardóttir was born on September 24, 1855 in Hnappadalssýsla. She died on June 20 1954 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Jón Guðmundsson b. January 5, 1832 in Dalasýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on August 14, 1896. Children: 1. Jón Júlíus b. July 5, 1878 2. Sigurður b. May 7, 1881 3. Anna b. 1885 4. Egill b. 1888 5. Kristjón Mikkel b. September …
Jónína Jónasdóttir
Jónína Sesselja Jónasdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on October 13, 1866. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887, together with her sister Steinunn and her husband Jósef Jósefsson. She moved with them to the Argyle Settlement.
Hans Guðbrandsson
Hans Júlíus Guðbrandsson was born in Dalasýsla on July 3, 1861. He is registered as Hans G. Julius in the west. Spouse: Lilja Guðmundsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on March 11, 1862. Children: 1. Lilja b. 1884 2. Ólafur b. 1884, twin 3. Hjörtur Leví b. November 18, 1886 in Glenboro, Manitoba. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and …
Lilja Guðmundsdóttir
Lilja Guðmundsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on March 11, 1862. Spouse: Hans Júlíus Guðbrandsson b. in Dalasýsla on July 3, 1861. He is registered as Hans G. Julius in the west. Children: 1. Lilja b. 1884 2. Ólafur b. 1884, twin 3. Hjörtur Leví b. November 18, 1886 in Glenboro, Manitoba. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 and …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Júlíus Jónsson was born on July 5, 1878 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He took the name John Julius Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1903 Anna Jónsdóttir b. 1881 in Reykjavík, d. June 18, 1958 in Vancouver. Children: 1. Otto Wathne 2. Kristín d. in nine months. Jón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 with his parents and siblings. Anna was …
Kristín Daðadóttir
Kristín Daðadóttir was born on March 5, 1859 in Dalasýsla. Unmarried and childless. She came west in 1886 with her parents, Daði Þorleifsson and Kristín Eiríksdóttir, and siblings. They settled in N. Dakota and lived there until 1899. When Daði died, the widow moved north to the Árdals Settlement with her daughter, Steinunn. It is likely that Kristín went north …
Lilja Hansdóttir
Lilja Hansdóttir was born in April 5, 1884 in Dalasýsla. Child. She came west to Manitoba in 1886 with her parents, Hans Guðbrandsson and Lilja Guðmundsdóttir. They were first in Glenboro and then in Winnipeg for some time, but then moved from there to N. Dakota. Additional information regarding Lilja in the west is unknown.
Ólafur Hansson
Ólafur Hjörtur Hansson was born in Dalasýsla on July 6, 1885. Child. He came west to Winnipeg in 1886 with his parents, Hans Guðbrandsson and Lilja Guðmundsdóttir. The family first settled in Glenboro, then Winnipeg, and lastly in N. Dakota. Information is needed on Ólafur’s life in the west.
Jón Þorsteinsson
Jón Þorsteinsson: Born in Dalasýsla in 1877. Died in 1939. Spouse: Guðrún Rósamunda Gunnarsdóttir, daughter of Gunnar Guðmundsson, pioneer in the Framnes Settlement. She was born in 1889 and died in 1962. Children: 1) Gunnsteinn Valdimar 2) Kjartan Sveinn 3) Kristján Guðmundur 4) Jóhann Karl Jón came west with his family in 1878 and grew up in Mikley. He took …
Jóel Jósefsson
Jóel Jósefsson: Born in Skörðum in Miðdalir in Dalasýslu November 17, 1858. He died June 8, 1953. Spouse: Steinunn Jónasdóttir born February 26, 1857 in Vífilsdal in Hörðudal in Dalasýsla, d. January 8, 1936. Children: 1) Friðbjörn b. 1886 2) Sigurður 3) Jónína Steinunn 4) Ásgerður 5) Joseph Daníel d. 1917 Jóel and Steinunn came west with Friðbjörn in 1887 …