See also

Family of Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON and Gudrun Johanna SIMONSON

Husband: Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

  • Name:

  • Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Björn Stefán "Skaptason" JÓSEFSSON (1840-1913)

  • Mother:

  • Margrét STEFÁNSDÓTTIR (1847-1947)

  • Birth:

  • Nov 4, 1873

  • Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 6-7)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 9-10)

  • from Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada

  • Military Service:

  • frm Oct, 1915 to Jan, 1919 (age 41-45)

  • WW1 France; Captain in the Canadian Army in the First World War

  •  

  • paymaster of the 108th Battalion

  • Occupation:

  • 1921 (age 47-48)

  • chief fishery officer with the federal government; Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

  • Death:

  • Apr 27, 1950 (age 76)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada2

  •  

  • Address: 378 Maryland St.

    at home

  • Burial:

  • 1950

  • Brookside Cemetery, plot E-0116-0 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Wife: Gudrun Johanna SIMONSON

  • Name:

  • Gudrun Johanna SIMONSON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Mar 16, 1878

  • Gimli, Manitoba

  • Death:

  • Oct 13, 1960 (age 82)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Burial:

  • 1960

  • Brookside Cemetery, E-0116-4 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Child 1: Lilian Hope SKAPTASON

  • Name:

  • Lilian Hope SKAPTASON

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Nov 25, 1902

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • unknown

Child 2: PRIVATE

  • Name:

  • PRIVATE

  • Sex:

  • Female

Note on Husband: Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

adopted: Margrét Hólmfríður Skaptason (Margaret Holmfridur Blöndal), f. 29.11.1902, og Anna Guðrún Hólmfríður Skaptason (Anna Gudrun Christianson), f. 21.3.1917. both parents died in the 1918 flu epidemic

Note on Wife: Gudrun Johanna SIMONSON

She organized the Jon Sigurdson Chapter of the IODE , and was an active member of the Western Canada Alliance of Unitarian Women

Sources

1.

Icelandic Census 1880.

2.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1950-003111.

3.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1902-005259.