Thorlákur Ludvig Guðbrandur fæddist 17. janúar, 1913 í Kandahar í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan. Laxdal vestra. Maki: Blanch George Thorlákur ólst upp hjá foreldrum sínum fyrst í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan og seinna í Milwaukie í Oregon þar sem seinna festi sjálfur rætur.
Eggert A Laxdal
Eggert Albert Sigurður was born in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan on July 24, 1906. He had the last name Laxdal in the west. Spouse: Lois Baumgarten Children: Albert Lee Eggert was the son of Lúðvík Laxdal and Margrét Þorláksdóttir. He grew up in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan, but moved in 1919 to Milwaukie, Oregon. He later moved from there …
Árni Björn Laxdal
Árni Björn Laxdal fæddist í Winnipeg 5. maí, 1899. Maki: Eunice Flannigan. Börn: 1. Patricia L. Árni flutti með foreldrum sínum í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan árið 1904 og þaðan til Milwaukie í Oregon árið 1819.
Sigurður Bjarnason
Sigurður Bjarnason was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1880. He sailed west across the ocean and bought land in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan, as did his father, Bjarni Helgason, and his sister Þorbjörg. He sold his land and moved to the village of Wynyard.
Bjarni Helgason
Bjarni Helgason fæddist 10. maí, 1832 í Húnavatnssýslu. Dáinn í Vatnabyggð í Saskactchewan 16. júní, 1922. Maki: Helga Jónasdóttir f. 25. mars, 1837 í Eyjafjarðarsýslu, d. 20. nóvember, 1915. Börn: 1. Ósk f. 12. mars, 1862 2. Sigríður f. 22. mars, 1864 3. Jóhann f. 7. desember, 1865 4. Helgi f. 7. júní, 1867 5. Björn f. 14. september, 1870 6. …
Páll Friðbjörnsson
Páll Friðbjörnsson was born in Canada after 1873. He lived with his parents, Friðbjörn Björnsson and Anna Árnadóttur, in Ontario and later in New Iceland. He moved with them to N. Dakota in 1881 and grew up in the Thingvalla Settlement. He settled in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in either 1906 or 1907, but then sold his land …
Björn Björnsson
Björn Björnsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 30, 1885. He died in Vancouver in 1969. He took the name Bjorn Bjornson in the west. Spouse: Kristjana Rakel Sveinsdóttir b. May 18, 1888, d. 1971. She took the name Lella Sveinson in the west. Children: 1. Sveinn Haraldur b. 1910 2. Karl Normann b. 1914 3. Anna b. 1915 4. …
Jónína Á Hallgrímsdóttir
Jónína Ágústa Hallgrímsdótir was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 23, 1891. She died at Betel Care Home in Gimli, Manitoba in 1969. She had the names Backman and later Tallman in the west. Spouse: Hardy Tallmann b. 1886, a Canadian. Children: 1. Richard b. 1910 2. Gordon b. 1912 3. Lillian b. 1913 4. Stanley b. 1914. Jónína moved …
Skúli Hallgrímsson
Skúli Hallgrímsson was born in Selkirk, Manitoba in 1893. He died in Manitoba in 1981. He took the last name Backman in the west. Spouse: Grace Hanneson b. in Manitoba in 1893, d. in Winnipeg in 1968. Skúli was the son of Hallgrímur Guðmundsson and Þórey Ingimundardóttir. They came west in 1888 and first lived in Minnesota, but moved from …
Ólafur Ólafsson
Ólafur Ólafsson was born in 1876 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: Margaret Caroline. Ólafur came west to Winnipeg in 1893 with his mother and brothers. He took land in 1904 in the Elfros Settlement in Saskatchewan. He later sold the land and moved into the village of Leslie.
