Gunnar Jóhannesson was born on November 12, 1867 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the name Gunnar Hólm (Holm) in the west. Spouse: 1) July 16, 1898 Jónína Rósa Eðvarðsdóttir b. 1868 in S. Múlasýsla, d. November 7, 1906. 2) August 14, 1914 Sæunn Markúsdóttir b. May 29, 1870 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Children: Information missing. Gunnar emigrated west to Minneota, Minnesota in …
Vilborg Friðriksdóttir
Vilborg Friðriksdóttir was born on January 25, 1868 in S. Múlasýsla. Spouse: December 14, 1896 Pétur Þorkelsson b. June 12, 1872 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in Lyon County in Minnesota on February 3, 1951. Children: 1. Anna Soffía (Sophie) b. January 25, 1900, d. July 2, 1990 2. Friðrik (Frederik) Byron Pétur b. December 18, 1907 3. Vilborg Marjorie b. 1910 4. …
Guðný Þorláksdóttir
Guðný Þorláksdóttir was born in 1856 in S. Múlasýsla. She died in Minnesota in 1930. Spouse: Friðrik Guðmundsson b. 1846 at Hreinsstaðir in N. Múlasýsla, d. 1929 in Minnesota. He took the name Frederick Gudmundsson in the west. Children: 1. Vilborg b. 1878 2. Már b. 1882 3. Jógann Sigfinnur b. 1889. They came west to the Yellow Medicine County Settlement …
Guðrún Eyjólfsdóttir
Guðrún Eyjólfsdóttir was born in 1802 in N. Múlasýsla. She died on March 28, 1895, 93 years old. Widowed with the death of Guðmundur Ísleifsson at Rauðholt. Children: They had 12 children, eight of whom reached adulthood and three came to the West. It was Friðrik, Margrét and Snjólaug. Guðrún came west with Friðrik and his family in 1883 and …
Jóhannes Gunnlaugsson
Margrét Bergvinsdóttir
Guðfinna Gunnlaugsdóttir
Guðfinna Gunnlaugsdóttir was born on October 14, 1866. She died in Minnesota on August 11, 1955. She took the last name Askdal in Minnesota. Spouse: October 14, 1892 Sigurður Metúsalem Sigurbjörnsson b. November 7, 1861 in N. Múlasýsla, d. October 17, 1918 in Minnesota. He took the last name Askdal in the west. Children: 1. Sigurður M. b. July 6, 1893, d. …
Jónatan Pétursson
Jónatan Pétursson was born in S. Múlasýsla on August 31, 1800. He died in Minnesota in 1884. Spouse: Þórunn Oddsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1811, d. February 2, 1902 in Minnesota. Children: 1. Jónatan b. 1844 2. Vilborg b. January 7, 1845 3. Jón b. 1850 4. Sigurveig b. April 27, 1854. Two other children died in Iceland. They …
Þórunn Oddsdóttir
Þórunn Oddsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1811. She died on February 2, 1902 in Minnesota. Spouse: Jónatan Pétursson b. in S. Múlasýsla on August 31, 1800, d. in Minnesota in 1884. Children: 1. Jónatan b. 1844 2. Vilborg b. January 7, 1845 3. Jón b. 1850 4. Sigurveig b. April 27, 1854. Two other children died in Iceland. They …
Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir
Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir was born on December 10, 1861 in S. Múlasýsla. She took the last name Williamson or Williams in the west. Spouse: 1) Eyjólfur Nikulásson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1851, d. in Minnesota on July 27, 1900. He took the last name Nicholson in the west. 2) John A. Jonson of Swedish descent. Children: 1. Þorsteinn (Stanie) Aðalbjörn …
