Albert Einarsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1874. He died in Lundar, Manitoba, July 5, 1947. Spouse: Sveinrún Gísladóttir b. 1874 in E. Skaftafellssýsla, d. July 10, 1967. Children: 1. Jónína 2. Ragnhildur 3. Emily 4. Sigurjón 5. Sigurbjörg 6. Einar Gísli 7. Steinunn 8. Leo Ágúst. Albert may have come west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885. He lived …
Jón Björnsson
Jón Björnsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1885. He died in Lundar, Manitoba in 1948. He took the name John Johnson in the west. Spouse: Sigrún Jóhannesdóttir b. 1885 in N. Múlasýsla, d. 1973 in Lundar. Children: 1. Guðjón 2. Björn 3. Páll 4. Guðrún Sigurlín 5. Hermann 6. Herbert John 7. Herbert. Jón came west by ship with …
Páll Björnsson
Páll Björnsson was born in eastern Borgarfjörður in N. Múlasýsla on January 28, 1884. He died in the Lundar Settlement in 1953. He took the name Paul Johnson in the west. Spouse: Fjóla Magnúsdóttir b. 1901 in Lundar Settlement. Children: 1. Margrét Guðrún b. 1927 2. Paul Edward b. 1929 3. Donald Kenneth b. 1935 4. Cyril Leon b. 1938. …
Sigurjón Jónsson
Sigurjón Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on November 15, 1881. He died in the Lundar Settlement on June 29, 1945. He took the last name Erickson in the west. Spouse: 1929 Ragnheiður Þórðardóttir b. June 27, 1908 in the Lundar Settlement, d. December 8, 1978. Children: 1. Wilmar b. February 2, 1931 2. Lloyd b. August 13, 1933 3. …
Sveinbjörn Sigurðsson
Sveinbjörn Sigurðsson fæddist í N. Múlasýslu árið 1857. Maki: Sigríður Eirikka Eiríksdóttir fæddist árið 1860 í S. Múlasýslu. Börn: 1. Eirika Sigurbjörg f. 1880 2. Guðný Margrét f. 1889 3. Emilía Aðalbjörg Þau fluttu vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1884. Þau bjuggu nokkur ár þar í borg en fluttu þaðan norður í Álftavatnsbyggð.
Jón Einarsson Vestdal
Jón Einarsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on September 14, 1863. He died in Lundar on December 4, 1944. He took the name Jón E. Vestdal in the west. Spouse: Björg Sigurðardóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on December 31, 1871 d. in Lundar on August 15, 1928. Children: 1. Victor Einar. Jón was the son of Einar Jónsson at Vestdalseyri …
Steingrímur Jónasson
Steingrímur Kristján Jónasson was born in Gimli on November 16, 1877. He had the name Steingrimur Hall in the west. Spouse: June 12, 1901 Sigríður Anna Jónsdóttir Hördal b. in Dalasýsla on June 10, 1889, d. May 10, 1954. Children: 1. Sylvia Lenore b. March 2, 1904 3. Norma Evelyn b. August 30, 1908. Steingrímur was three years old when …
Gunnlaugur B Eggertsson
Gunnlaugur Bjarni Eggertsson was born in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota on June 10, 1887. He had the name G. B. Gunlogson in the west. Spouse: 1916 Esther Nielsen. Childless. Gunnlaugur’s parents, Eggert Gunnlaugsson and Rannveig Rögnvaldsdóttir, took land in Akra and he grew up in their home. He chose to get higher education and enrolled in Grand Forks State …
Jóhannes Sigurgeirsson
Jóhannes Sigurgeirsson was born in Gimli, Manitoba on February 15, 1880. He died in Chicago on September 25, 1944. He had the name Johannes S. Björnson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Jóhannes was the son of the couple Sigurgeir Björnsson and Guðfinna Jóhannesdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland in 1874. He was just a few months old when he …
Jón Ólafsson Foss
Jón Ólafsson Foss was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 26, 1888. He died in Cavalier, N. Dakota on November 4, 1922. Spouse: Elísabet Lára Kristjánsdóttir b. in Reykjavík on September 22, 1890, d. April 4, 1960 in Reykjavík. They divorced. Children: Áslaug b. July 24, 1913. Jón Ólafsson came west alone in 1921 and settled in Cavalier, N. Dakota.
