Kristinn Normann Jónsson was born in Brandon, Manitoba. Spouse: Sigríður Sigurðardóttir b. in Winnipeg. Kristinn was the son of Jón Normann Jónsson and Guðrún Halldórsdóttir from Ísafjörður. Guðrún lost her first husband and remarried. Her second husband was Magnús Davíðsson and Kristinn grew up in their home. He moved with them to the Pine Valley Settlement in 1900 and worked …
Gestur Jóhannesson
Gestur Jóhannesson was born on August 8, 1889 in Roseau, Minnesota. Spouse: Þórunn Jónsdóttir from Akurey in Rangárvallasýsla, b. 1882 Gestur moved with his parents, Jóhannes Jóhannsson and Guðrún Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, from Roseau in the Pine Valley Settlement in 1900.
Þorsteinn Pétursson
Þorsteinn Pétursson fæddist í N. Múlasýslu. Maki: Ingibjörg Arnfríður Eiríksdóttir f. í N. Múlasýslu árið 1870. Börn: 1. Pétur Sigurður 2. Gunnar Eiríkur 3. Loftur J Júlíus Þorsteinn fór vestur til Nýja Íslands árið 1876 með fósturforeldrum sínum, Eyjólfi Eyjólfssyni og Guðrúnu Hallgrímsdóttur. Bjó þar hjá þeim fyrstu þrjú árin en flutti því næst til Winnipeg. Þar bjó hann til …
Guðmundur Egilsson
Guðmundur Egilsson was born in Hallson, N. Dakota in 1886. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: Ingibjörg Sigmundsdóttir from Skagafjörður. Guðmundur’s parents were Egill Gíslason and Ólína María Björnsdóttir who came west in 1883. Egill died in 1886 and, after some years, Ólína married Sigurður Andrésson who was registered with the last name Anderson in the …
Eymundur Jónsson
Eymundur Jónsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on December 23, 1840. He died in 1927. Spouse: Halldóra Stefánsdóttir b. August 18, 1844 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1866 2. Stefán b. 1867 3. Björn b. 1872 4. Lovísa b. 1874 5. Karl b. 1876 6. Ásmundur b. 1878 7. Jóhann b. 1880 8. Margrét b. 1882 9. Stefán …
Einar Einarsson
Einar Einarsson was born in New Iceland in 1877. Spouse: Þóra Margrét Kristjánsdóttir (Eyford) b. in N. Dakota on December 27, 1886. Children: They raised a girl, Helena Oddrúna. They moved from N. Dakota in 1900 to the Pine Valley Settlement in Manitoba.
Jóhannes P Eyjólfsson
Jóhannes Páll Eyjólfsson was born in 1863 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Spouse: 1903 Margrét Jónsdóttir b. 1873 in Gullbringusýsla. She was the half-sister of Erlendur Jónsson in the Pine Valley Settlement. Children: 1. Óskar 2. Leifa 3. George 4. Karl. Jóhannes learned goldsmithing in Reykjavík, moved to Copenhagen, and then moved to North Dakota in 1886. He worked in both the US …
Sigurður G Bergvinsson
Sigurður Gunnar Bergvinsson was born on February 11, 1904 in Minneota, Minnesota. Died in Winnipeg, December 20, 1996. He is registered as Siggi Wopnford in the west. Spouse: June, 1937 Sigríður Helga Sigurðardóttir b. in Bantry, N. Dakota on September 22, 1902. Helga Wopnford in Manitoba. Children: 1. Marlene JoAnn b. May 12, 1938 2. Jon Bergvin f. July 4, …
Halldór Stefánsson
Halldór Stefánsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1841. He died on January 8, 1931. Unmarried. Children: Jón b. 1867 Jón came west alone to Winnipeg in 1889 and lived there. He took the last name Hall. Halldór came west in 1901 and went directly to his brother, Þórarinn, a farmer in the Árdals Settlement.
Hallfríður Jónsdóttir
Hallfríður Jónsdóttir (Fríða) was born on April 2, 1890 at Hafþórsstaðir in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in 1977 in Langruth, Manitoba. Spouse: 1.) Jóhannes Lárusson Sölvason b. 1887 in Húnavtanssýsla, d. August 12, 1913 2.) July 3, 1939 Guðmundur Kristinn Goodmann, d. 1981 Children: 1. Njáll (Nels) 2. Pálína (Pauline) Guðrún 3. Jóhannes Sigurður (Joe) 4. Victor It is not known …