Þorsteinn Jónsson was born on September 1, 1877 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died in Prince Rupert, British Columbia in 1956. He was known as Steini Johnson in Ósland. Unmarried and childless. Þorsteinn went west to Winnipeg in Canada in 1912. He spent the first year there before going west to the Pacific coast the next year. He took land in …
Þorsteinn Guðnason
Þorsteinn Guðnason was born on August 12, 1874 in the Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). He died on November 22, 1960. Spouse: December 21, 1899 María Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir b. August 16, 1868, d. November 28, 1944. Children: 1. Arnbjörg Svanhvít b. August 3, 1898, d. October 30, 1985 in Winnipeg 2. Dagmar Hansína b. December 9, 1901. They came west to Winnipeg, …
María Magnúsdóttir
María Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir was born on August 16, 1868 in the Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). She died on November 28, 1944. Spouse: December 21, 1899 Þorsteinn Guðnason b. August 12, 1874 in Vestmannaeyjar, d. November 22, 1960. Children: 1. Arnbjörg Svanhvít b. August 3, 1898, d. October 30, 1985 in Winnipeg 2. Dagmar Hansína b. December 9, 1901. They came west …
Arnbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir
Arnbjörg Svanhvít Þorsteinsdóttir was born in the Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on August 3, 1898. Spouse: December 2, 1922 Jóhann Þorvaldur Beck b. in S. Múlasýsla on February 9, 1900. Children: 1. Hans Raymond b. September 21, 1925 2. Richard Leonard b. April 14, 1927 3. Jóhanna Violet b. November 29, 1928 4. Allan Ágúst b. December 21, 1932. Arnbjörg came …
Bárður Einarsson
Bárður Einarsson was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on September 10, 1875. He died on July 22, 1970 in Ferron, Utah. He rests in a church cemetery in Cleveland, Utah. He took the name Bardur Erickson in Utah. Spouse: 1) July 7, 1894 Mary Helena Johnson d. January 8, 1955 2. July 28, 1958 Minnie Hansen. Children: 11, information …
Einar Eiríksson
Einar Eiríksson was born on December 30, 1847 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died on October 8, 1931 in Cleveland, Utah and is buried there. He took the name Einar Erickson in Utah. Spouse: Guðrún Magnúsdóttir b. July 5, 1840, d. May 18, 1930. Children: 1. Halldóra Helga b. April 9, 1871, d. November 29, 1871. 2. Lilja b. October 8, …
Eiríkur Einarsson
Eiríkur Einarsson was born on July 12, 1878 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). He died on March 27, 1965 in Utah. He took the name Eirik Erickson in Utah. Spouse: 1) November 8, 1900 Mathilda Sophia Christensen b. May 11, 1879, d. April 8, 1917 2) October 3, 1918 Mary Mindwell Gardner Eiríkur emigrated west to Spanish Fork, Utah with …
Guðrún Magnúsdóttir
Guðrún Magnúsdóttir was born in Rangárvallasýsla on June 29, 1840. She died on May 18, 1930 in Utah. Spouse: November 6, 1870 Einar Eiríksson b. December 3o, 1847, d. October 8, 1931 Children: 1. Halldóra Helga b. April 9, 1871, d. November 29, 1871. 2. Lilja b. October 8, 1872, d. March 26, 1948 3. Bárður Einarsson b. September 10, …
Helga Einarsdóttir
Helga Einarsdóttir was born on September 3, 1879 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). She died on May 31, 1962 in Salt Lake City. She took the name Helga Erickson in Utah. Spouse: March 2, 1898 Niels Christen Christensen of Danish descent. Helga emigrated west with her mother to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1880, her father emigrated later the same …
Jóhanna Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Jónsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on May 2, 1849. She died in Spanish Fork, Utah on March 16, 1916. She took the name Hannah Valgardson in Spanish Fork. Spouse: 1) November 5, 1871 Guðmundur Guðmundsson b. November 22, 1847, d. February 10, 1890 2) January 10, 1894 Pétur Valgarðsson b. December 31, 1842, d. October 14, …