Guðlaug Þorkelsdóttir: born in 1878 in Minneota, Minnesota. Spouse: Bernard Gilliland born in Iowa; died in 1919. Children: All born in Colorado: 1. John b. 1904 2. Elizabeth b. 1906 3. Isabelle b. 1908 4. Lillian b. 1910. Guðlaug lived with her parents, Þorkell Ingimundarson and Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir in Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota in 1878. They moved to the …
Bertel H Gunnlaugsson
Bertel Högni Gunnlaugsson: Born on May 29, 1839 in Reykjavík. He died on January 30, 1918 in Washington state. Unmarried and childless. Bertel Högni was the son of Gunnlaugur Stefánsson, a lawyer, and his wife, Ragnhildur Benediktsdóttir Gröndal. He lived in England in 1868 and sailed west from London in 1880. Bertel first lived in Chicago and then moved to …
Jóhannes Kristjánsson
Jóhannes Kristjánsson was born on February 13, 1853 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Utah on December 9, 1928. He took the name John Christianson in the west. Spouse: Vilborg Sigurðardóttir b. March 18,1853 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Oddný Júlíana Sigurrós b. July 27, 1882, d. October 12, 1883 2. Óskar Victor b. April 10, 1892 in Spanish Fork 3. Lára …
Tryggvi G Einarsson
Tryggvi Gunnarsson was born in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba. He is listed as Tryggvi G. Einarsson in the west. Unmarried and childless. He was the son of Gunnar Einarsson and Guðrún Jóhanna Jónsdóttir of Morden, Manitoba. Tryggvi bought land in the Víðir Settlement, but mostly worked at his sawmill.
Jónas Jóhannesson
Jónas Jóhannesson: Born in New Iceland. He took the name Jónas J. Jónasson in the west. Unmarried and childless. He grew up in his father’s house, the son of Jóhannes Jónasson and Halla Jónasdóttir. Jóhannes was felled in 1904. After his death, the widow moved with her children to land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement. She died in 1929. They …
Sigurður K Finnsson
Sigurður Kristinn Kristjónsson was born on January 7, 1880 in the Icelandic River Settlement in New Iceland. He is listed as Sigurð Kr. Finnsson in the west. He died on July 28, 1952. Spouse: February 2, 1901 Hildur Jónína Sigfúsdóttir b. in the Icelandic River Settlement on January 23, 1880, d. December 19, 1947. Children: 1. Þóra Sigrún b. May …
Ingimar T Ingjaldsson
Ingimar Tryggvason fæddist í Hallson, N. Dakota 4. apríl, 1888. Drukknaði 21. september, 1934 í Nýja Íslandi. Skrifaði sig Ingimar Tr. Ingjaldson vestra. Maki: 22. júlí, 1913 Violet Kristjánsdóttir f. í Winnipeg 12. desember, 1887, d. 1980. Börn: 1. Christian 2. Tryggvi 3. Valdine 4. Gordon 5. Thorburn 6. Andrea. Ingimar ólst upp í Hallson í N. Dakota en flutti …
Percy C Jónasson
Percy C Jónasson (Percival Chaloner McGee): Born in Canada of Scottish and English descent on May 21, 1880. He died on July 1, 1943 in Arborg. Spouse: November 7, 1918 Þórey Sigríður Gestsdóttir born in the Geysir Settlement on January 3, 1898, daughter of Gests Oddleifsson in Haga. Children: 1. Percy Theodór b. July 11, 1920 2. Rannveig Þórey b. …
Friðrik P Sigurðsson
Friðrik Pétur Sigurðsson was born in the Geysir Settlement on February 14, 1885. He died on October 25, 1956 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: November 5, 1905 Valgerður Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. January 15, 1883, d. September 15, 1964. Children: 1. Sigrún b. October 18, 1906 2. Anna Friðgerður b. April 3, 1908 3. Jóhannes b. October 4, 1909 4. Albertína …
Þorsteinn Sigurðsson
Þorsteinn Sigurðsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1860. Spouse: Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859. Children: 1. Hrólfur b. 1885 2. Guðjón b. 1891 3. Björn b. 1895. Þorsteinn must have emigrated west at the beginning of the 20th century with Hrólf and settled in the Geysir Settlement. Magnús Sigurðsson writes about the settlers in the Geysir Settlement in …