Lilja Jónasína Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV
Lilja Jónasína Jónsdóttir was born on December 22, 1915 in the Geysir settlement in Manitoba.
Spouse: October 1, 1941 Halldór Egill Gunnlaugsson b.in the Hnausa settlement in New Iceland on September 24, 1914. He had the last name Martin in the west.
Children: 1. Jón Halldór b. August 6, 1942 2. Lilja Valdína b. September 24, 1944 3. Gunnlaugur Sigmar b. January 22, 1951 4. Pálína Una b. December 23, 1954 5. Melvin Douglas b. February 20, 1956.
Lilja was the daughter of Jón Pálsson and Una Friðný Jónasdóttir, early settlers in the Geysir settlement. Lilja graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1936 and continued her music studies at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. She received many awards while there. She became a music teacher in New Iceland, where she trained both adult and children’s and youth choirs. Halldór was the son of Gunnlaugur Guðmundsson and Sigríður Kristjónsdóttir. He was a farmer in New Iceland and also ran a sawmill in the Hnausa settlement.