Halldór Þórólfsson

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Halldór Þórólfsson was born on October 26, 1879 in Dalasýsla. He died in Winnipeg on January 28, 1956. Spouse: Friðrika Friðriksdóttir b. March 27, 1879 in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Pearl b. September 25, 1904 2. Frank b. 1914, d. 1975. Halldór was the son of Þórólfur Jónsson of Miðdölum and Halldóra Halldórsdóttir. She died there when Halldór was just three …

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Þorsteinn Jónsson

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Þorsteinn Jónsson was born in Hörðudal in Dalasýsla on July 18, 1840. He died in the Lundar Settlement on September 12, 1911. He took the last name Hördal in the west. Spouse: Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1837. Children: 1. Björn b. 1868 2. Guðrún b. 1872 3. Ingibjörg b. 1875. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 …

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Hólmfríður Tómasdóttir

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Hólmfríður Tómasdóttir was born on December 28, 1885 in Dalasýsla. Child. Hólmfríður came west to Winnipeg in 1887 with her parents, Tómas Tómasson and Margrét Benediktsdóttir. They settled in the Beaulieu Settlement in N. Dakota. They moved from there to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð), but it is unclear whether Hólmfríður went with them.

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Tómas H Tómasson

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Tómas Hjörtur Tómasson was born in Dalasýsla on July 20, 1868. Child. He came west in 1876 with his father, Tómas Kristjánsson, and siblings. They moved to Manitoba. It is not known what Tómas’ life was like in the west, he possibly died young.  More information is needed.

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Rósa Ólafsdóttir

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Rósa Ólafsdóttir was born on December 17, 1850 in Dalasýsla. She died in Tantallon, Saskatchewan on March 20, 1915. Spouse: 1885 Þórður Þórðarson b. 1830 in Vopnafjörður, N. Múlasýsla, d. May 18, 1904. Children: 1. Lára Sesselja. Rósa came west in 1883 and settled in Winnipeg. She moved with Þórður to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1886 and lived …

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Tómas Gíslason

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Tómas Gíslason was born on October 31, 1875 in Dalasýsla. He died in Winnipeg in 1962. Tómas came west to 1889 to Winnipeg with his mother, Sigríður Bjarnadóttir, and siblings. The family settled in the city and Tómas lived there the rest of his life.  Information on Tómas in the west is needed.

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Ása Tómasdóttir

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Ása Tómasdóttir was born on December 22, 1875 in Dalasýsla. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on June 24, 1916. Spouse: Jón B Þórðarson b. in Barðastrandasýsla in 1874, d. January 3, 1953 in Blaine, Washington. He took the last name Veum in the west. Children: 1. Tómas Þórður 2. Ingimundur Jón 3. Herbjörg 4. Margrét. Jón came west to the …

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Elínborg Jóhannsdóttir

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Elínborg Jóhannsdóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on March 16, 1829. She died in Winnipeg on July 16, 1899. Spouse: Einar Einarsson d. June 25, 1885. Children: 1. Einar b. 1861 2. Árni b. 1862 Elínborg came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888. Her son Árni, who had come west the year before, was waiting for her there. Her son Einar …

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Kristján Guðnason

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Kristján Guðnason was born on February 16, 1875 in Dalasýsla. He died in Lundar on May 19, 1938. He took the last name Backman in the west. Spouse: March 30, 1898 Jóna Helga Jónsdóttir b. July 13, 1875, d. September 8, 1927. Children: 1. Daníel Baldvin b. December 26, 1899 2. Halldóra b. September 17, 1902 3. Guðný (Gwen) b. …

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Friðjón Guðnason

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Friðjón Guðnason was born on August 21, 1878 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: Salóme Helga Bjarnadóttir b. in Mýrasýsla in 1876, d. in Winnipeg on February 2, 1955. Children: 1. Margrét Ólöf 2. Sumarlilja 3. Anna Salóme. Information is  missing on another three children. Friðjón came west to Winnipeg in 1893, Together with his brother Guðmundur and sister Ingveldur. He settled in …

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