Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on January 5, 1878. Child. She came west to Winnipeg in 1887 with her half-brother Tómas Tómasson. Information is needed on her life in the west.
Guðlaug Níelsdóttir
Guðlaug Níelsdóttir was born in Kjósarsýsla on June 3, 1863. Spouse: Jón Gíslason b. May 14, 1861 in Árnessýsla, d. in Manitoba on September 25, 1932. Children: 1. Lena 2. Ellen. Guðlaug came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. Jón studied blacksmithing in Reykjavík and received a journeyman’s certificate in 1884. He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba a year later and …
Halldóra Kristjánsdóttir
Halldóra Kristjánsdóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1855. Spouse: Guðmundur Gíslason b. September 30, 1862 in Dalasýsla. He was the son of Saura Gísla. He took the last name Laxdal in the west Children: 1. Sara 2. Þorbjörg 3. Kristrún 4. Jón 5. Hringur. Guðmundur came west alone in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he lived for some time. Halldóra had …
Ingibjörg Samúelsdóttir
Ingibjörg Samúelsdóttir was born in 1862 in Húnavatnssýsla. Spouse: Whalan, of English descent. Childless. Ingibjörg came west to Canada in 1887, together with her brother Guðmundur and his wife Helga. They were in Victoria, British Columbia and then Point Roberts, Washington. Ingibjörg met her husband there, he was probably a widower because his sons lived there with him. Ingibjörg lost …
