Hróbjartur Helgason
Hróbjartur Helgason was born in 1866 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in 1957. Spouse: Hólmfríður Jósefsdóttir from Gimli. They divorced. Children: 1. Joseph Arnberg (Beggi) 2. Lóa 3. Jimmy Hróbjartur emigrated west about 1893 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement. He sold his land in 1914 and worked on farms in the Fljóts Settlement and elsewhere.
Bergvin Kristjánsson
Bergvin Kristjánsson was born in 1841 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in Minnesota on March 21, 1880. Frimann in America. Spouse: July 16, 1869 Helga Runólfsdóttir b. September 1, 1851, d. in Manitoba on August 23 1927. Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1870. She was Bergvin´s daughter. With Helga 1. Þórdís b. August 27, 1875. Helga emigrated west to Minnesota with …
Ásdís Jónsdóttir
Ásdís Jónsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla on October 14, 1866. She died in Lincoln County in Minnesota on January 4, 1908. She took the name Ida Townsend in Minnesota. Sposue: 1886 Lucius Townsend b. 1852 in New York, d. October 3, 1924. Children: 1. William Lincoln b. March 7, 1887 2. Lula b. January 5, 1891 3. Royal Earl …
Þórunn Björnsdóttir
Þórunn Björnsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1831. She died in 1908 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Árni Gíslason d. in Iceland. Children, some came west: 1. Gísli b. 1855 2. Sigurður b. 1863, d. 1902 3. Þórður b. 1867, d. 1883 in N. Dakota 4. Katrín b. 1869. Þórunn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her children Sigurður, Þórður, and …
Hóseas Þorláksson
Hóseas Þorláksson was born in 1857 in N. Múlasýsla. Unmarried and childless. Hóseas was the son of Þorlákur Bergvinsson and Vilborg Vilhjálmsdóttir. Vilborg’s sister Soffía emigrated west to Minnesota in 1885. Hóseas came west alone in 1883. Little is known about his travels, but he had probably been in contact with Soffía, his aunt and her family. Sources in Minnesota …
Katrín Árnadóttir
Katrín Árnadóttir was born on July 17, 1869 in S. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Alphonse Lessard b. in Canada on July 12, 1866. Children: 1. Flora b. 1891 2. Arthur b. 1893 3. Edward b. 1895 4. Margrét b. 1897 5. Mary b. 1903. Katrín emigrated west to Manitoba in 1882 with her widowed mother, Þórunn Björnsdóttir, and they settled in Selkirk. …
Bergvin Þorláksson
Bergvin Þorláksson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1852. He died in Seattle in 1924. Spouse: Sigurveig Gunnarsdóttir b. 1859 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Gunnar b. 1880 2. Runólfur b. November 3, 1887 3. Sigurður b. April 20, 1892 4. Kristbjörg b. 1893. They came west to Minnesota in 1903 and lived in Minneota in Lyon County in 1905. …
Jakobína Sigfúsdóttir
Runólfur Runólfsson
Runólfur Runólfsson fæddist í S. Múlasýslu árið 1862. Dáinn í Minneapolis árið 1947. Alex Johnson vestra. Maki: 1) 7. október, 1896 Sigríður Marta Pétursdóttir f. í Minnesota árið 1879. 2) 1919 Jónína S. Árnadóttir (Johnson vestra) f. 1884, d. í Minnesota árið 1966. Börn: Með Sigríði 1. William Erwin f. 1897, d. sama ár 2. Martha Irene f. 28. ágúst, …
