Oddur Magnússon was born on July 19, 1844 in Dalasýsla. He died on October 9, 1913 in Saskarchewan. Spouse: Margrét Ólafsdóttir b. March 23, 1850 in Dalasýsla, d. 1929 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð). Children: 1. Sesselja b. October 11, 1873, d. January 30, 1958 2. Jósef b. February 9, 1875 3. Ólafur b. February 20, 1876, d. October 16, …
Margrét Ólafsdóttir
Margrét Ólafsdóttir was born on March 23, 1850 in Dalasýsla. She died in 1929 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð). Spouse: Oddur Magnússon b. July 19, 1844 in Dalasýsla, d. October 9, 1913 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Sesselja b. October 11, 1873, d. January 30, 1958 2. Jósef b. February 9, 1875 3. Ólafur b. February 20, 1876, d. October 16, 1961 …
Sesselja Oddsdóttir
Sesselja Oddsdóttir was born on October 11, 1873 in Dalasýsla. She died on January 30, 1958 in British Columbia. She took the first name Cecilia in the west. Spouse: Halldór Jónatansson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on February 19, 1873. He was known as H. J. Halldorson in the west. Children: 1. Friðrik 2. Jónatan 3. Alexandrína 4. Oddur Gestur 5. Lillian 6. …
Halldóra Oddsdóttir
Halldóra Oddsdóttir was born on April 3, 1879 in Dalasýsla. Unmarried and childless She came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 with her parents, Oddur Magnússon and Margrét Ólafsdóttir, and siblings, and on from there to the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota. She moved with them to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and lived there until 1936. …
Magnús Oddsson
Magnús Oddson was born on December 18, 1877 in Dalasýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on November 20, 1959. Spouse: Ingunn Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir of Húnavatnssýsla, d. December 3, 1956. Children: 1. Margrét 2. Oddur 3. Gunnlaugur 4. Sigurlaug. Magnús came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1886 with his parents and siblings. He grew up with them in the Hallson Settlement in …
Gunnlaugur Sakkeusson
Gunnlaugur Sakkeusson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1856. He died in N. Dakota. Spouse: Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir b. 1848 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg on February 25, 1915. Children: 1. Sesselja Ingibjörg b. 1877 2. Ingunn Elín b. January 23, 1880, d. December 3, 1856 3. Hólmfríður b. 1882, d. 1883. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883.
Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir
Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir was born in 1857 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in Winnipeg on February 25, 1915. Spouse: 1) Gunnlaugur Sakkeusson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1856, d. in N. Dakota shortly after coming west 2) December 20, 1890 Benedikt Líndal Sakkeusson b. 1859 in Húnavatnssýsla. The husbands were brothers. Children: With Gunnlaugur: 1. Sesselja Ingibjörg b. 1877 2. Ingunn Elín b. …
Fanney Jóhannsdóttir
Fanney Victoria Jóhannsdóttir was born in Winnipeg on September 6, 1912. Spouse: Ingi Kristjánsson b. in Winnipeg on March 23, 1908, d. in Manitoba on June 13, 1943. He had the name Ingi Stefanson in the west. Children: 1. Thora Anna b. October 29, 1941 in Fort William, Ontario. Fanney was the daughter of Jóhann Magnússon and Ólöf Össurardóttir who …
Guðrún I Jakobsdóttir
Guðrún Ingibjörg Jakobsdóttir was born in Manitoba on October 30, 1891. Spouse: May 14, 1822 Jón Magnússon b. in Mýrasýsla on October 1, 1886. Children: 1. Robert Skúli b. May 1, 1923 2. Anna Linda b. May 11, 1926 3. Florence Ingibjörg b. June 22, 1934. Guðrún’s parents were Jakob Hansson Líndal and Anna Hannesdóttir. Jón was the son of …