See also
Husband:
Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON (1873-1950)
Wife:
Gudrun Johanna SIMONSON (1878-1960)
Children:
Marriage:
May 1, 1901
Argyle, Manitoba
Name:
Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
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
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
Name:
Lilian Hope SKAPTASON
Sex:
Female
Birth:
Nov 25, 1902
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3
Death:
"??"
unknown
Name:
PRIVATE
Sex:
Female
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
She organized the Jon Sigurdson Chapter of the IODE , and was an active member of the Western Canada Alliance of Unitarian Women
Icelandic Census 1880.
Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1950-003111.
Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1902-005259.