Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
Halldóra Jónsdóttir
Halldóra Jónsdóttir was born on October 3, 1835 in S. Múlasýsla. She died on April 12, 1918. Widowed after her husband Vigfús Pétursson d. 1862. Children: 1. Gunnlaugur Vigfússon b. June 10, 1860 2. Pétur Vigfússon b. March 25, 1862. Halldóra emigrated west with her sons in 1876 and settled in the Lyon County Settlement in Minnesota.
Pétur Vigfússon
Pétur Vigfússon was born on March 25, 1862 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Minnesota on December 14, 1918. He took the name Peterson in the west. Spouse: María Þorsteinsdóttir b. January 7, 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. June 30, 1933. Children: 1. Rose b. November 13, 1886 2. Gunnlaugur b. May 26, 1888; d. May 22, 1971 3. Pétur …
Björn Einarsson
Björn Einarsson was born in 1842 in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir b. 1840 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. June 17, 1920 in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Anna Ingibjörg b. 1870, died in New Iceland from smallpox 2. Hróðný b. 1873, d.1906 in Elfros, Saskatchewan 3. Halldór b. 1883 in N. Dakota 4. Valdimar. They had a foster daughter Guðný Þóra Þorsteinsdóttir …
Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir
Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir was born in 1840 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in June 17, 1920 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Björn Einarsson born in 1842 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Anna Ingibjörg b. 1870, died in New Iceland from smallpox 2. Hróðný b. 1873, d.1906 in Elfros, Saskatchewan 3. Halldór b. 1883 in N. Dakota 4. Valdimar. They had a foster daughter Guðný …
Gunnlaugur Vigfússon
Gunnlaugur Vigfússon was born on June 10, 1860 in S. Múlasýsla. He took the name George Peterson in the west. Spouse: 1886 Sigríður Espólín Jakobsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on February 26, 1866. Children: 1. Halldóra Guðbjörg b. in Garðar Settlement, N. Dakota 1886 2. Jakob Pétur b. 1888 3. Kristín Ingiríður b January 3, 1890, d. March 1, 1890 4. …
Hróðný Björnsdóttir
Hróðný Björnsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1873. Spouse: 1888 Friðrik Eggertsson b. August 18, 1864 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. in Roseau, Minnesota on March 23, 1933. Children: 1. Þorlákur b. 1889 2. Björn b. 1890, d. October 23, 1933 3. Eggert Alexander b. February 23, 1893, d. 1902 4. Soffía (Sophia) b. 1896 5. Walter b. 1898 6. Jóhanna (Anna) …
Sveinn Árnason
Sveinn Árnason was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1869. Spouse: 1. 1895 Sigurbjörg Sigfúsdóttir (Gillis) b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859. 2. Anne of Norwegian descent. Children: 1. Árný Soffía b. 1896 2. Andrea b. 1897 3. Anne b. 1902 4. Edna b. 1905 Sveinn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889. He moved to Akra, N. Dakota and got a …
Guðný Þ Þorsteinsdóttir
Guðný Þóra Þorsteinsdóttir was born in 1864 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in N. Dakota on June 2, 1917. Spouse: Bjarni Guðmundsson b. October 26, 1855 in Mýrasýsla, d. February 26, 1939. He took the last name Dalsted in the west. Children: 1. Jóhann Ólafur (Óli) b. November 24, 1893 2. Þorsteinn 3. Guðrún. Guðný emigrated in 1876 with her …
