Karel Sveinsson Kjarval was born in Reykjavík on September 16, 1887. He died in Chicago in 1969. Spouse: 1) Jóhanna K. Þorvarðsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on December 30, 1887, d. in Minneapolis on March 21, 1919. 2) Hallie Parker. Children: With Jóhanna: 1. unnamed boy b. March 6, 1919, d. shortly after birth. With Hallie: 1. Richard b. July 17, 1937 …
Sigmundur Grímsson
Sigmundur Grímsson was born in Dalasýsla on March 18, 1894. Spouse: Kristjana Stefánsdóttir b. in Lundar, Manitoba. Children: 1. Norman d. 1963 2. Ronald. Sigmund moved to Reykjavík at a young age and learned goldsmithing. He came west to Manitoba in 1912 and settled in Lundar. From there he and Kristjana moved west to Vancouver where Sigmundur opened a shop …
Agnar J Þorsteinsson
Agnar Jóhann Þorsteinsson was born in Reykjavík on August 29, 1909. He had the last name Bergmann in the west. Spouse: December 22, 1934 Evelyn Eymundson, d. 1974 Children: 1. Richard 2. Donald. Agnar was the son of Þorsteinn Guðmundsson and Þórunn Ólafsdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland after 1911. He took up carpentry and worked in various places in …
Bjarni Eyjólfsson
Bjarni Eyjólfsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on March 30, 1897. He took the last name Kolbeins in the west. Spouse: February 4, 1920 Dora Kate Proves b. December 16, 1894. Children: 1. Eyjólfur Norman b. October 21, 1921 2. Henry b. January 4, 1923 3. Thelma Olive b. January 24, 1924 4. Howard Bjarni b. June 27, 1926 5. William …
Ragnheiður Guðmundsdóttir
Sveinn Magnússon
Jón Sigurðsson
Sigríður Magnúsdóttir
Guðbergur Magnússon
Guðbergur Magnússon was born on January 21, 1884 in Gullbringusýsla. He died on February 19, 1922 in Hafnarfjörður. Spouse: October 12, 1911 Guðrún Ásbjörg Guðmundsdóttir b. December 12, 1886 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Hólmfríður b. September 7, 1912 2. Vilborg Sigríður b. October 26, 1917 3. Guðmundur Magnús b. July 24, 1920. Jakobína Guðrún b. July 23, 1926. Guðrún also …
Þórunn Ólafsdóttir
Þórunn Ólafsdóttir was born on March 22, 1876 in Gullbringusýsla. She died on May 11, 1916 in Riverton. Spouse: July 4, 1899 Þorsteinn Guðmundsson (Steini Bergman) b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 21, 1872, d. in Vancouver, June 25, 1963. He had the last name Bergman in the west. Children: 1. Ólafur b. September 6, 1899, died in an accident in …