Jósúa Sigurður Björnsson was born on November 11, 1848 in Dalasýsla. He died in 1923. Spouse: 1) Elín Guðmundsdóttir b. December 8, 1852, d. 1875 in New Iceland. 2) Kristveig Jóhannesdóttir b. November 30, 1850 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. March 12, 1918. Children: Elín and Jósúa did not have any children that lived. With Kristveig: 1. Helga, d. January 30, 1917 …
Lárus Björnsson
Lárus Frímann Björnsson was born on September 26, 1841 in Dalasýsla. He died in N. Dakota on July 22, 1932. He and all the children took the last name Freeman in the west. Spouse: Sigríður Eyvindardóttir b. 1837 in Dalasýsla, d. in N. Dakota on July 14, 1914. Children: 1. Lárus Sigurður b. March 31, 1873 d. June 23, 1954 …
Jónas Guðmundsson
Jónas Guðmundsson was born on February 24, 1860. He died in Winnipeg on August 5, 1943. He was known as Jonas Middal Wilson in the west. Spouse: Sigurbjörg Hannesdóttir b. 1854 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. February 27, 1911. Jónas emigrated to Ontario in 1874 with his mother, Helga Jónasdóttir, and siblings. He was in Kinmount the first year and then moved …
Jósef Guðmundsson
Jósef Guðmundsson was born in Dalasýsla on February 9, 1855. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 with his mother and siblings and spent the first year in Kinmount. From there he moved to New Iceland and then on to N. Dakota. There he bought land with his brother Jónas, but moved to Winnipeg instead of …
Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir
Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir was born on June 29, 1845 in Dalasýsla. She died in Winnipeg on January 9, 1917. Ingibjörg was unmarried and childless when she came to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and probably went on to New Iceland. She is said to have settled in Hallson, N. Dakota in 1883, stayed there for a while, and then moved to Winnipeg. …
Margrét Tómasdóttir
Margrét Tómasdóttir was born on June 14, 1861 in Dalasýsla. She died in Vancouver on January 12, 1932. Spouse: Guðsteinn Þorsteinsson b. in Árnessýsla in 1843, d. in N. Dakota in 1907. Children: 1. Tómas b. 1892, d. March 8, 1926 2. Marcel b. 1902, d. in Chicago in 1926. Margrét came west in 1876 with her father, Tómas Kristjánsson, …
Rósbjörg Gísladóttir
Rósbjörg Gísladóttir was born in Dalasýsla on November 13, 1855. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1891. She likely traveled to her sister, Þorbjörg, in New Iceland. Additional information about Rósbjörg is needed.
Björg Jónsdóttir
Tómas Kristjánsson
Tómas Kristjánsson was born in Dalasýsla on August 10, 1818. He died in N. Dakota on April 1, 1912. Spouse: Björg Athanasíusardóttir, d. May 31, 1871 in Iceland. Children: 1. Guðni b. August 14, 1855 2. Sigríður Helga b. February 16, 1856 3. Margrét b. June 14, 1861 4. Tómas Hjörtur b. July 20, 1868. Tómas came west to Canada …
Árni Eggertsson
Árni Eggertsson was born in Mýrasýsla on May 8, 1873. He died in Winnipeg, February 12, 1942. Spouse: 1) Oddný Jónína Jakobsdóttir b. 1875 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. January 21, 1918 2) Þórey Sigurðardóttir b. January 7, 1892. Children: With Oddný: 1. Árni b. January 10, 1896 2. Sigurbjörg Thelma 3. Eggert Grettir 4. Egill Ragnar 5. Sigurður Hjalti. With …
