Þorvaldur Stephensen was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1830. Spouse: Ragnheiður Einarsdóttir b. in Kjósarsýsla in 1830. Children: 1. Stefán Ólafur b. 1854 2. Hólmfríður b. 1858 3. Sigríður b. 1861 4. Ragnhildur b. 1866 5. Steinunn b. 1868 6. Gyða Pálína. Þorvaldur came west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873 and travelled on to Chicago. Stefán had a son living …
Ragnhildur Einarsdóttir
Ragnhildur Einarsdóttir was born in Kjósarsýsla in 1838. Unmarried and childless. Ragnhildur emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin her sister Ragnhadur and her husband, Þorvaldur Stephensen. She travelled with them to Chicago.
Sophie Fischer
Soffía Magnúsdóttir was born in 1811. She was known as Sophie Fischer the last few years in Reykjavík and in the west. Spouse: H. Fischer, a Danish merchant, d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Kristján b. 1836 2. Jóhann b. 1839 3. Hinrik b. 1841 4. Andrea b. 1844. Soffía emigrated west to New York with Andrea in 1874.
Hólmfríður Stephensen
Hólmfríður Þorvaldsdóttir was born in 1858 in Reykjavík. She died in Illinois in 1898. She was known as Frida Sharpe in the west. Spouse: Sharpe Children: No information. Hólmfríður was the daughter of Thorvaldur Stephensen, a merchant, and his wife Ragneiðar Einarsdóttir who moved to Chicago in 1873. There, Hólmfríður married a well known lawyer, Sharpe by name. Holmfríður was …
Sigríður Einarsdóttir
Jón Bjarnason
Jón Bjarnason was born at Þvottá in Álftafjord in S. Múlasýsla on November 15, 1845. He died in Winnipeg on June 3, 1914. Spouse: Lára Guðjohnsen b. 1842 in Reykjavík, d. 1921. Childless. They emigrated west to Canada in September, 1873 and landed in Quebec on the 27th of the same month. They went directly south to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in …
Borghildur Guðbrandsdóttir
Borghildur Guðbrandsdóttir was born in 1848 in Gullbringusýsla. Died Desember 29, 1932 in Minnesota Spouse: November 29. 1878 Jóhannes Halldórsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýslu September 9, 1851, d. í Minnesota 10. september, 1935. Frost vestra. Children: 1. Charles Alexander b. September 19, 1879 2. Ella Regina b. July 7, 1881 3. Jennie Magnea b. May 13, 1886 4. Kristín Sigríður b. …
Sigríður Erlendsdóttir
Sigríður Erlendsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1842. She died in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba on August 10, 1881. Spouse: May 8, 1876 in Minneapolis, Skúli Árnason b. October 3, 1851. Children: 1. Lára 2. Hannes 3. Guðrún. Two other children did not reach adulthood. Sigríður emigrated west with Jón Bjarnason and his wife in 1873 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. …
Sigurjóna G Laxdal
Sigurjóna Grímsdóttir Laxdal was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1838. She died on May 18, 1891. Unmarried and childless. Sigurjóna was the daughter of Grímur Laxdal of Akureyri and his first wife, Hlaðgerður Þórðardóttir. She was a half-sister to Hlaðgerðar and Daníel, who were the children of Grímur and Aldís, his second wife. Sigurjóna emigrated west with Reverend Jón Bjarnason and …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson was born in 1830 in Gullbringusýsla. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873.