Einar Bjarnason
Einar Bjarnason was born Árnessýsla in 1826. He died on Washington Island, Wisconsin on December 3, 1895. He took the name Barneson in the west. Spouse: Helga Sigurðardóttir b. 1832 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Children: 1. Ágústa b. 1853 2. Kristín Sigríður b. 1854 3. Ágúst b. 1857 4. Bjarni Sigurður b. 1858 5. Jóhannes Júlíus b. 1859 6. Anna Guðrún b. …
Árni Guðmundsson
Árni Guðmundsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on October 24, 1844. He died on Washington Island on December 22, 1933. He took the name Arne Legrove in the west. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1870, one of the four first immigrants in the Western Migration Period 1870-1914. He went to Washington Island the same year and …
Jón Einarsson
Jón Einarsson was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1850. Spouse: 1874 Irish woman with the surname Guinan. Childless Jón emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1870. He moved to Washington Island where he worked in the fishing industry for many years. He later moved back to Milwaukee.
Jón Ólafsson
Jón Ólafsson was born in S. Múlasýsla on March 20, 1850. He died in Reykjavík on July 11, 1916. Spouse: August 20, 1878 Helga Eiríksdóttir b. January 21, 1860, d. February 17, 1925. Children: 1. Ólafur b. 1882 2. Sigríður b. 1883 3. Gísli b. 1888 4. Páll b. 1893 in Winnipeg. Jón had a son with Halldóra Guðmundsdóttir: Guðjón …
Árni B Sveinbjörnsson
Árni Bjarni Sveinbjörnsson was born in 1849 in Gullbringusýsla. He was known in America as Dr. Albert Bjornson. He died in a car accident in Grand Junction, Colorado on October 6, 1943. Spouse: 1889 Fannie Henderson Blackhurst d. 1939. Children: 1. Alberta Victoria b. 1895 in Pioche, Nevada 2. Theodore b. 1901. Árni emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1872. Western …
Stefán Ó Stephensen
Stefán Ólafur Stephensen was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1854. Spouse: A woman of Swedish descent. Children: None listed. Stefán was the son of Þorvaldar Stephensen, a merchant in Reykjavík, and his wife, Ragnheiðar Einarsdóttir. Stefán emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1872 and then went to Chicago, Illinois. His parents and siblings move there as well.