Job Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1854. He died on April 9, 1945. Spouse: 1) November 24, 1878 Þórunn Bjarnadóttir b. January 28, 1843 in N. Múlasýsla, d. September 4, 1929. They divorced. 2) Valgerður Þorsteinsdóttir b. July 14, 1859, d. March 20, 1920. Children: With Þórunn: 1. Einar b. February 16, 1878, d. 1961 2. Jóhannes Tryggvi b. …
Baldvin Jónsson
Baldvin Jónsson was born on May 13, 1851 at Svartárkot in Bárðardal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on May 28, 1938. Spouse: Arnfríður Jónsdóttir b. April 15, 1849, d. May 4, 1937 Children: 1. Jón b. 1876. d. January 17, 1883 2. Vilhjálmur b. December 24, 1879, d. January 18, 1883 3. Eysteinn b. August 11, 1882, d. January 19, …
Benedikt Jónasson
Benedikt Jónasson var fæddur á Krossi í Ljósavatnsskarði í S. Þingeyjarsýslu 3.maí, 1850. Dáinn 1. september, 1907. Maki: Anna Una Torfadóttir f. 1855 í N.Múlasýslu. Hún fór vestur árið 1883. Börn: 1. María Torfhildur 2. Alexander Frímann 3. Karl Emil 4. Guðrún Ethel. Benedikt fór einsamall vestur árið 1874 og dvaldi í Ontario fyrst um sinn. Flutti til Nýja …
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Jónsson was born at Víðidal in Húnavatnssýsla on May 6, 1853. He died on September 24, 1933. He took the last name Vidal in the west. Spouse: Kristín Grímsdóttir b. at Víðidal in Húnavatnssýsla on November 28, 1855, d. April 22, 1939. Children: 1. Sigurrós b. 1878 2. Haraldur b. 1880 3. Sigvaldi b. 1881 4. Rögnvaldur b. 1883 …
Sigurður Björnsson
Sigurður Björnsson was born in Skriðdal in S. Múlasýsla in 1834. He died in 1892. Spouse: Guðfinna Oddsdóttir was born in Skriðdal in S. Múlasýsla in 1846. She died on February 27, 1920. Children: 1. Helga b. 1868 2 Björn b. 1868. 3. Jón b. 1870 (1872?) 4. Guðný María b. 1877 5. Anna b. 1880. Two children remained in …
Ólafur Árnason
Ólafur Árnason was born on May 3, 1834 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on October 4, 1904. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: October 1, 1867 Margrét Halldórsdóttir b. at Húsavík in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 13, 1845, d. December 20, 1937 in Hensel. Children: 1. Jarþrúður b. 1867, d. 1868 2. Guðjón (Jón) b. March 3, …
Marteinn Jónsson
Marteinn Jónsson was born at Kelduhólir in Vallir in S. Múlasýsla on July 20, 1832. He died in 1920. Spouse: July 31, 1862 Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. 1828 in S. Múlasýsla, d. 1916. Children: 1. Bjarni b. 1863 d. 1940 2. Ragnhildur b. 1867 3. Runólfur b. 1870, d. 1959 They came west in 1883 and lived in Winnipeg the first …
Guðjón Þorsteinsson
Guðjón Þorsteinsson was born at Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 1, 1852. He died on February 10, 1928. He took the name John Stone in the west. Spouse: 1883 Margrét Jónsdóttir b. October 1, 1861 in S. Múlasýsla, d. January 29, 1937 Children: Ólöf Guðríður b. August 23, 1884, d. December 6, 1896. 2. Sigríður (Sarah) b. …
Sigurbjörn Þorsteinsson
Sigurbjörn Þorsteinsson was born on June 10, 1849 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in 1929 in South Dakota. He took the name Stone in the west. Spouse: April 25, 1871 Rósa Gísladóttir b. November 20, 1844 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. December 14, 1918. Children: 1. Gísli Pétur b. August 4, 1874, d. 1908. 2. Maria b. 1882. Gisli took the …
Benjamín Þorgrímsson
Benjamín Þorgrímsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on December 24, 1844. He died on March 31, 1918 in Minnesota. Spouse: 1) Sesselja Hallgrímsdóttir died in Iceland. 2) Gunnhildur Magnúsdóttir b. September 18, 1874 3) Sigurbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir f. 14. janúar, 1851. Children: With Sesselja: 1. Jón b. 1873 2. Einar b. January 8, 1874. With Gunnhildur: 1. Magnús (Michael) b. April …
