See also
Husband:
Þorvaldur JÓNSSON (1864-1947)
Wife:
Kristín BJARNADÓTTIR (1862-1948)
Children:
Residence (family):
1886
Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S.A (first went to USA)
Sayreville, just south across Raritan Bay from New York City, first became home to Icelandic immigrants in August of 1887, when shortly after disembarking at Castle Gardens on the tip of Manhattan, several families were sent here to work in Sayreville's bustling brick making industry. Without means to travel further or purchase land, virtually all the men worked in the clay pits and at the Sayre & Fisher Brickworks, while the women and youngsters found employment in the garment industry, box factories, and laundries at nearby Washington (now South River, New Jersey). Pay ranged from $1 to $1.25 per day, a decent wage, but working conditions were difficult and unhealthy - and far different from any work these Icelanders had been accustomed to in their homeland.
Marriage:
1890
New Jersey, USA
Residence (family):
Shoal Lake NE 6-18-2W, Manitoba
(farmed and left after a few years)
Residence (family):
1906
Harperville Post Office (on provincial road 514 near East Shoal Lake)
Residence (family):
1911
sec18 - twn17 - rng2 Oak Point, Manitoba
Residence (family):
1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Address: 562 Walker Ave
residence family:
Manitoba, Canada
Name:
Þorvaldur JÓNSSON
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Sep 19, 1864
Baptism:
Sep 19, 1864 (age 0)
Síðumúli, Myrasysla, Iceland, Iceland2
Residence:
1870 (age 5-6)
Úlfsstaðir, Reykholtssókn, Borgarfjarðarsýsla, Iceland5
Immigration:
1898 (age 33-34)
to Canada from Iceland6
Naturalisation:
1900 (age 35-36)
Canada7
Occupation:
1916 (age 51-52)
farmer6
Residence:
1921 (age 56-57)
19 2nd Ave. North, Lundar, Manitoba8
Religion:
Unitarian7
Residence:
1931 (age 66-67)
Lundar, RM of Coldwell, Manitoba, Canada
Address: lot 137 Plan 606
home value $500.00
Occupation:
1931 (age 66-67)
poultry farmer; RM of Coldwell, Manitoba, Canada
Residence:
1931 (age 66-67)
Lundar, Manitoba
Address: lot 137 Plan 606
stated in 1931 census that he was widowed but his wife was in Wpg. with Valdina his daughter
Death:
Jul 17, 1947 (age 82)
Address: 673 Valour Rd.
Þorvaldur Reykdal, 82 ára
að aldri, lést þann 17. þ.m., að
heimili dóttur sinnar, Mrs. C. R.
Saul. 673 Valour Road. Kveðjuathöfn
fór fram í Winnipeg, en
síðan var líkið flutt til jarðsetningar
að Lundar. Hinn látni lætur
eftir sig ekkju, Kristínu
Reykdal.
Burial:
Lundar Cemetery (North), Lundar Manitoba11
Dom. Land Grants:
SW 18 17 2 W112
Name:
Kristín BJARNADÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Oct 5, 1862
Residence:
1870 (age 7-8)
Útey, Miðdalssókn, Árnessýsla, Iceland16
(with mother)
Immigration:
1888 (age 25-26)
to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from Hraunkoti, Grímsneshreppi, Árnessýsla, Iceland6,17
Residence:
1921 (age 58-59)
Winnipeg, Manitoba8
Address: 562 Walker Ave.
(with daughter Valdina and her husband)
Residence:
1931 (age 68-69)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18
Address: 123 Ruby St.
at her daughter Valdina's place in Winnipeg
Death:
Apr 4, 1948 (age 85)
Winnipeg, Manitoba19
Address: 163 Elm St.
at the home of her daughter Valdina Reykdal
Name:
Johanna REYKDAL20
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Nov 4, 1891
Residence:
1892 (age 0-1)
Sayersville, New Jersey, USA
Immigration:
1898 (age 6-7)
to Canada7
Naturalisation:
1900 (age 8-9)
Canada7
Residence:
1911 (age 19-20)
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Residence:
1916 (age 24-25)
562 Walker Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba7
Occupation:
1916 (age 24-25)
telephone operator7
Death:
Oct 16, 1967 (age 75)
Hanna Reykdal McGregor
ekkja A n d r e w McGregor,
fyrrum í Winnipeg dó í Kelowna
B. C. 16. október 1967.
Hana lifa börn hennar, Glen
í Victoria B. C. og Mrs. Florence
Howarth í Vernon B. C.
og tvær systur Mrs. Bertha
Saul og Mrs. Valdina Gottfred,
báðar í Winnipeg.
Cremation:
Oct 19, 1967
Kelowna, British Columbia
Burial:
1967
Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Name:
Bertha REYKDAL26
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Jul 8, 1893
Birth: 06 JUL 1893 (stated in the Latter day Saints site)
Residence:
1894 (age 0-1)
Sayersville, New Jersey, USA
Immigration:
1898 (age 4-5)
to Canada7
Naturalisation:
1900 (age 6-7)
Canada7
Residence:
1911 (age 17-18)
sec18 - twn17 - rng2 Oak Point, Manitoba24
Death:
Aug 24, 1969 (age 76)
Manitoba2
Burial:
1969
Brookside Cemetery, plot D8-0322-0, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Name:
Kirstin REYKDAL
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Apr 8, 1895
Residence:
1896 (age 0-1)
Sayersville, New Jersey, USA
Immigration:
1898 (age 2-3)
to Canada7
Naturalisation:
1900 (age 4-5)
Canada7
Residence:
1911 (age 15-16)
sec18 - twn17 - rng2 Oak Point, Manitoba24
Residence:
1916 (age 20-21)
562 Walker Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba7
Residence:
1921 (age 25-26)
562 Walker Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba (with sister Valdina and her husband)8
Occupation:
1921 (age 25-26)
telephone operator
Death:
Mar 12, 1949 (age 53)
Los Angeles, California, United States27
Burial:
1949
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Name:
Valdina REYKDAL
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Dec 31, 1898
Residence:
1898 (age 0)
Sayersville, New Jersey, USA
Immigration:
1898 (age 0)
to Canada7
Naturalisation:
1900 (age 1-2)
Canada7
Residence:
1911 (age 12-13)
sec18 - twn17 - rng2 Oak Point, Manitoba24
Residence:
1916 (age 17-18)
562 Walker Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba7
Occupation:
1916 (age 17-18)
telephone operator7
Residence:
1975 (age 76-77)
604 Tiffany Towers 1179 Grant Ave.25
Death:
Jan 18, 1979 (age 80)
Misericordia Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba25
Burial:
Jan 20, 1979
Plot D8-0196-0, Brookside Cemetary, Winnipeg, Manitoba
VALDINA GOTTFRED
On January 18, 1979 at the
Misericordia Hospital, Mrs.
Valdina Gottfred, aged 81
years, of 604-1179 Grant
Avenue.
Mrs. Gottfred was born
December 31, 1897 in Sayres
ville, N.J., U.S.A. She was a
honourary life member of
the I.O.D.E. Jon Sigurdsson
Chapter, and a member of
First Lutheran Church.
She was predeceased by
her husband Gustav in 1966,
and three sisters. She is survived
by two sons: Raymond
and daughter-in-law Jeanne
of Calgary, and Lorne and
daughter-in-law Therese of
Winnipeg, and four grandchildren:
Jeffrey, Dianne,
Neil and Michael.
Funeral services were held
at 11.00 a.m. Saturday, January
20, 1979 at First Luther
an Church, Victor and Sargent,
with Pastor John H. Arvidson
officiating. Interment
in Brookside Cemetary.
Bardal Funeral Home in
care of arrangements, phone
774-7474.
imigration: date (1901 census) 1898 from Iceland
Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth date.
Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.
Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. 1870 census shows birth date about 1865Úlfsstaðir, Reykholtssókn, Borgarfjarðarsýsla - The census 1870 for birth location.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1906.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.
Canadian Government, Canadian Census 1921.
unknown, Lögberg.
Islendingabok, Islendingabok. death year 1947.
Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.
Government of Canada, Dominion Land Grant. C-6227. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Canada. Call Number: Folio: 377.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901). T-6435.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
unknown, Heimskringla paper.
Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Útey, Miðdalssókn, Árnessýsla.
Islendingabok, Islendingabok.
Canadian Census 1931. 1931/Manitoba/Winnipeg South Centre/Winnipeg (City) (63).
unknown, Heimskringla. 7 Apr 1948 obituary.
https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110867215/johanna-mcgregor.
British Columbia Government, B.C Vital Event Death Registration.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901.
Ancestry.ca.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911 Manitoba.
unknown, Lögberg-Heimskringla.
https://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111428071/bertha-saul.
Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org.