Sigríður Halldórsdóttir Reykjalín was born in Snæfellsnessýsla September 10, 1857. She died in N. Dakota in 1882. Spouse: 1878 Kristjón Finnsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1853, d. 1924 in New Iceland. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1878 2. Sigurður b. 1880. Sigríður came west to Manitoba in 1876 with her parents, Halldór Friðriksson and Sigurrós Halldórsdóttir. They settled in N. Dakota …
Gísli Torfason
Gísli Torfason was born on October 13, 1852 in Dalasýsla. He died in 1930 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigríður Sigurðardóttir b. December 4, 1857, d. May 3, 1951. Children: 1) Jón b. 1883 2) Kristján b. 1888 3) Guðjón 4) Sveinn 5. Sigurrós They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and then moved on to the Argyle Settlement where they …
Elísabet Guðbrandsdóttir
Elísabet Guðbrandsdóttir was born on August 27, 1862 in Dalasýsla. She died in Svold, N. Dakota on April 10, 1934. Spouse: Sigurður Sigurðsson b. November 22, 1855 in Dalasýsla, d. in Svold on April 20, 1922. Children: 1. Jóhannes b. October 14, 1887 2. Jón 3. Guðmundur 4. Hólmfríður 5. Magnús b. August 30, 1898. They came west to N. …
Sigríður Sigurðardóttir
Sigríður Sigurðardóttir was born on December 4, 1857 in Dalasýsla. She died on May 3, 1951 in the Argyle Settlement. Spouse: Gísli Torfason b. October 13, 1852 in Dalasýsla, d. 1930 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Jón b. 1883 2. Kristján b. 1888 3. Guðjón 4. Sveinn 5. Sigurrós They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and moved on to …
Torfi Sveinsson
Torfi Sveinsson was born on December 20, 1822 in Dalasýsla. He died on December 1, 1905 in Manitoba. Spouse: 1) Guðrún Gísladóttir 2) Kristjana Jónsdóttir 3) Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. September 22, 1849, d. July 21, 1942. Children: With Guðrún Gísladóttur, one child came west: Gísli b. October 13, 1852, d. August 15, 1930. With Kristjana: 1. Kristfríður Jensína b. February …
Guðrún Jónsdóttir
Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born on September 22, 1849 in Dalasýsla. She died on July 21, 1942 in Manitoba. Spouse: Torfi Sveinsson b. December 20, 1822 in Dalasýsla, d. December 1, 1905 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1887. 2. Matthías 3. Ingibjörg 4. Kristmann d. October 1, 1918. Guðrún Jónsdóttir had a son earlier, Jón Andrés Olsen, b. in Reykjavík, …
Jóhannes Sigurðsson
Jóhannes Sigurðsson was born in Dalasýsla on October 14, 1887. Child. He came west to N. Dakota in 1888 with his parents, Sigurður Sigurðsson and Elísabet Guðbrandsdóttir. They settled in the Svold Settlement.
Jón Gíslason
Jón Gíslason was born on December 1, 1882 in Dalasýsla. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Manitoba in 1888 with his parents, Gísli Torfason and Sigríður Sigurðardóttir. They took land in the Argyle Settlement and Jón lived there the rest of his life.
Jón A Olsen
Jón Andrés Olsen was born in Reykjavík on May 22, 1878. He died in Alberta on October 31, 1934. He took the last name Olson in the west. Spouse: November 12, 1912 Sigrún Kristjánsdóttir b. December 27, 1880 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Regína b. April 18, 1899 2. Friðrík b. June 27, 1905 3. Björg Jóhanna b. November 19, …
Kristfríður Torfadóttir
Kristfríður Torfadóttir was born on February 28, 1873 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: Jónas Jónsson b. 1858 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. May 30, 1917. Children: 1. Pétur 2. Torfi 3. Sigurborg 4. Aldís. Kristfríður emigrated in 1887 to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her father, Torfi Sveinsson and foster mother, Guðrún Jónsdóttir. They all moved to the Argyle Settlement. Jónas came west and arrived there …