Guðrún Vigfúsdóttir
Jón Gíslason
Jón Gíslason was born on December 12, 1849 in Árnessýsla. He died on Washington Island on September 22, 1912. Spouse: November 8, 1877 Ágústa Einarsdóttir b. May 27, 1855 in Gullbringusýsla, d. on Washington Island on December 20, 1915. Children: 1. Evalyn b. 1878 2. Gilbert b. 1880 3. August b. 1882 4. Ellen b. 1884 5. Lawrence b. 1886 …
Hans B. Thorgrimsen
Hans Baagöe Thorgrimsen was born in Árnessýsla on August 21, 1853. He died in Grand Forks, N. Dakota on February 7, 1942. Spouse: 1) 1884 Marthe Andrea Mathilde b. February 5, 1857 in Wisconsin, d. 1900. 2) Dora Margrethe Halverson b. 1876, d. 1962. Children: with Esther: 1. Sylvia b. May 28, 1885 2. Esther Marie b. 1887, d. 1969 …
Jóhanna M. Ahrens
Jóhanna María Ahrens was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1858. Unmarried and childless. She emigrated west to Canada in 1880.
Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir
Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir was born on August 29, 1866 in Árnessýsla. She died on May 11, 1949 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: 1896 Eyjólfur Hinriksson b. April 2, 1867 in Árnessýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on December 24, 1953. Children: 1. Þuríður b. August 11, 1892 2. Björn b. July 13, 1896, d. July 1, 1952 3. Guðrún b. October 11, 1898, d. July …
Hannes Jónsson
Hannes Jónsson was born in 1854 in Árnessýsla. Spouse: Sigríður Sveinsdóttir b. 1846. Children: 1. Sigurjón Vernharður b. 1880 2. Hannes b. 1881. They emigrated west to Wisconsin in 1883 and settled on Washington Island a year later.
Eyjólfur Hinriksson
Eyjólfur Hinriksson was born on April 2, 1867 in Árnessýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on December 24, 1953. Spouse: 1896 Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir b. August 29, 1866, d. May 11, 1949. Children: 1. Þuríður b. August 11, 1892 2. Björn b. July 13, 1896, d. July 1, 1952 3. Guðrún b. October 11, 1898, d. July 28, 1960 4. Eybjörg Jórunn …
Vigfús Erlendsson
Vigfús Erlendsson fæddist í Reykjavík árið 1857. Maki: Oddbjörg Sæmundsdóttir f. í Árnessýslu 27. janúar, 1854. Börn: 1. Albert Vídalín 2. Halldóra Marion. Tvö börn þeirra dóu í æsku. Fóstursonur Erlendur Valdimarsson. Þau fluttu vestur frá Reykjavík árið 1887 og fóru til Winnipeg. Þar bjggu þau í 13 ár og vann Vigfús þá hjá C.P.R. járnbrautafélaginu. Árið 1901 fluttu þau …