Guðmundur Guðnason was born November 4, 1876 in Dalasýsla. He died in Manitoba on August 18, 1935. He took the name Guðmundur G. Backman in the west. Spouse: Kristjana Jóhannsdóttir b. 1863, d. February 13, 1950. She was the sister of Anna, the wife of Skafti Arason, a pioneer in New Iceland and the Argyle Settlement. Children: Anna Guðrún Guðmundur …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born in Mýrasýsla in 1868. He died in the Lundar Settlement in 1907. He took the last name Myrdal in the west. Spouse: Ingveldur Guðnadóttir b. April 19, 1869, d. December 11, 1949. Children: 1. Guðni b. October 11, 1894 2. Guðný b. 1897, d. 1900 3. Kristján Jens b. 1900, d. 1945. Jón and Ingveldur came …
Ingveldur Guðnadóttir
Ingveldur Guðnadóttir was born in Dalasýsla on April 19, 1869. She died on December 11, 1949 in the Lundar Settlement. Spouse: 1) Jón Jónsson b. in Mýrasýsla in 1868, d. in the Lundar Settlement in 1907. He took the last name Myrdal in the west. 2) 1916 Jón Jóhannesson d. 1948. Children: With Jón Jónsson: 1. Guðni b. October 11, …
Kristján E Guðnason
Kristján Engilbert Guðnason was born on November 7, 1879 in Dalasýsla. He died in Manitoba on April 18, 1903. Child. Kristján came west in 1888 with his brother and namesake. They moved to Winnipeg.
Tómas Tómasson
Tómas Tómasson was born on December 25, 1851 in Dalasýsla. He took the family name Hördal in the west. Spouse: Margrét Benediktsdóttir b. July 2, 1853, d. May 11, 1923 Children: 1. Ása b. 1876 2. Hallfríður b. 1887 3. Inga 4. Egill. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and moved on from there to the Beaulieu Settlement …
Margrét Benediktsdóttir
Margrét Benediktsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on July 2, 1853. She died on May 11, 1923 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð). Spouse: Tómas Tómasson b. December 25, 1851 in Dalasýsla. He took the family name Hördal in the west. Children: 1. Ása b. 1876 2. Hallfríður b. 1887 3. Inga 4. Egill. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 …
Kristján Kristjánsson
Guðni Helgason
Anna Kristjánsdóttir
Anna Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on June 18, 1883. She died on the way to the west in 1887. Anna left Iceland in 1887 with her parents, Kristján Sigurðsson and Margrét Sigurðardóttir, and her siblings.
Björn Þorsteinsson
Björn Þorsteinsson was born in Dalasýsla on August 25, 1868. He took the last name Hördal in the west. He died in the Lundar Settlement on December 2, 1956. Spouse: Sigríður Jónasdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on January 4, 1871, d. January 24, 1950. Children: 1. Guðrún Jóhanna 2. Leó Þorsteinn 3. Edrick Roland 4. Lilja 5. Clara 6. Svava 7. …