Svanberg Sigfússon was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1880. He died in New Iceland on May 14, 1952. Spouse: 1913 Áslaug Einarsdóttir born in the Geysir settlement on May 15, 1888, d. in New Iceland on July 22, 1968. Children: 1. Einar Ingiberg b. November 13, 1907 2. Klara (Clara) Rósbjörg b. June 7, 1909 3. Guðmundur Magnús b. November 6, …
Ólafur T Sigurjónsson
Ólafur Tryggvi Sigurjónsson was born in Eyjafjörður in 1893. He took the last name Thordarson in his Western Home. He died in California in 1965. Unmarried and childless. He was just a few months old when he came with his parents, Sigurjón Þórðarson and Anna Jónsdóttir, west to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The family settled in the Geysir settlement. Ólafur grew up …
Sigurjón Þórðarson
Sigurjón Þórðarson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1867. He died in the Geysir settlment in 1959. He took the last name Thordarson in the west. Spouse: 1889 Anna Jónsdóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1853, d. 1933. Children: 1. Þórey b. 1889 2. Ólafur Tryggvi b. 1893 3. Signý Rósbjörg b. in Geysir settlement, d. 1944 4. Jóhannes b. …
Andrés Davíðsson
Andrés Davíðsson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1858. Spouse: Steinunn Jónsdóttir b. 1856 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Children: 1. Víglundur b. 1885 2. Trausti b. 1888 3. Sigríður Katrín b. 1890 4. Guðrún. He bought land in the Geysir Settlement and lived there 16 years. Andrés called the farm Willowhæðir.
Trausti Vigfússon
Trausti Vigfússon was born in Árnessýsla on July 10, 1869. He died in Arborg on June 18, 1953. Spouse: 1894 Rósa Aldís Oddsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla on June 10, 1874. She died on May 25, 1961. Children: 1. Þórunn b. September 15, 1900 in the Fljóts Settlement. They emigrated west in 1898 and took land in the Geysir Settlement sometime later, …
Guðmundur Gíslason
Guðmundur Gíslason: Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1824. He died in 1902 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: Sigríður Símonardóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1824. She died in 1907 in the Geysir Settlement. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1868 2. Jón b. 1863 Guðmundur and Sigríður came west with their son Guðmundur in 1875. They first lived in New Iceland and …
Jón Jónsson
Jón Jónsson: No information Spouse: Guðný Finnsdóttir: Born in Hnappadalssýsla in 1857. Children: No information. Guðný emigrated west in 1887 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Nothing is know about Jón’s emigration, but they settled in the Geysir Settlement. He studied blacksmithing in the west. Guðný died a few years before Jón and he then lived with Jóhannes Pétursson at Jaðar the last …
Valgerður Sveinsdóttir
Valgerður Sveinsdóttir: Born in Dalasýsla on December 15, 1853. She died on December 10, 1930 in Riverton. Spouse: Þorsteinn Kristjánsson b. 1833 in Dalasýsla. He died in 1897. Children: 1. Júlíana b. 1883 d. 1952 2. Jón 3. Hermann 4. Kristján. Valgerður and Þorsteinn emigrated west in 1878 and settled in Mikley. They lived there until 1897 and after Þorsteinn’s …
Magnús Jónsson
Magnús Jónsson: Born in Dalasýsla in 1866. He died in 1937. He took the last name Myrdal in the west. Spouse: 1) 1891 Þorbjörg Gísladóttir b. 1862. Died 1893. 2) 1903 Þorbjörg Runólfsdóttir Children: With first wife: 1. Jóhanna Þorbjörg. With second wife: 1. Þorvaldur 2. Sesselja Laufey Þorbjörg Runólfsdóttir was a widow and earlier gave birth to Einar and …
Jóhannes Pétursson
Jóhannes Pétursson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1875. Spouse: 1899 Salóme Jónatansdóttir b. 1864 in Húnavantssýsla. Children: Ólafur Jón Guðmundsson, her son b.1894. Listed as Peterson in Canada. They emigrated west in 1900 and settled in Winnipeg. They moved to the Geysir Settlement 1906 and named their land Jaðar.