Anna Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir Photo: WtW
Anna Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir was born on September 17, 1901 in the Lundar Settlement.
Spouse: March 3, 1924 Jón Hannes Finnbogason b. December 13, 1899 in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba, d. in 1945. He had the name John Hannes Thorgilsson in the west.
Children: 1. Thelma Lillian b. October 10, 1924 2. Páll (Paul) Finnbogi b. February 14, 1927 3. John Albert b. February 25, 1929 4. Anna Sigríður b. October 11, 1931 5. Óskar b. June 22, 1933.
Anna was the daughter of Páll Guðmundsson and Sigríður Eiríksdóttir, pioneer settlers in the Lundar Settlement. Jón Hannes was the son of Þorgils Finnbogason, who came west with his sons in 1882. Jón’s mother was Málfríður Hallgerður Jónsdóttir. Þorgils and Málfríður settled in Vestfold in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) and Jón grew up there. Jón and Anna bought Anna’s father’s land in 1925 as he had stopped farming. They lived there after that and Jón was a successful farmer, engaged in cattle breeding and grew all his grain himself.