Þórvör Jónasdóttir

ID: 9206
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1934

Þórvör Jónasdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 29, 1859. She died on May 4, 1934.

Tómas Halldórsson and Þórvör Jónasdóttir with seven of children. With them in the photo is  Þórvör’s father, Jónas Kortsson  Photo: SÍND

Spouse: 1) 1882 Gísli Konráð Eiríksson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1843, d. November 7, 1887 2) July 12, 1889 Tómas Halldórsson b. April 6, 1863 in Dalasýsla, d. October 24, 1944.

Children: With Gísli: 1. Sigríður Efemía b. September 23, 1883, d. June 15, 1949 2. Gísli Jónas b. August 21, 1885, d. November 29, 1905 3. Konráð Benedikt b. November 7, 1887. With Tómas: 1. Margrét Kristín Málfríður b. May 26, 1890 2. Tómas Sumarliði b. July 30, 1892 3. Halldór Marcelius b. April 1, 1894 4. Þórvör Aldís b. April 22, 1896 5. Skúli Helgi b. May 30, 1898, d. 1950 6. Vilhjálmur Kristinn b. March 3, 1900 7. María Helga b. July 24, 1902 8. Gíslína Guðfinna b. January 24, 1906.

Þórvör emigrated west to New Iceland in 1876 with her parents, Jónas Kortsson and Margrét Sveinsdóttir. They moved south to N. Dakota in 1879 and Þórvör lived there all the time with the exception of a few months in 1914-15.