See also

Family of Finnur ÞORKELSSON and Sesselja SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

Husband: Finnur ÞORKELSSON

  • Name:

  • Finnur ÞORKELSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Þorkell JÓNSSON (c. 1760-1826)

  • Mother:

  • Kristín FINNSDÓTTIR (1786-aft1860)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1815

  • Kolbeinsstöðum í Hnappadal, Kolbeinsstaðahreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland1,2,3,4

  • Residence:

  • 1816 (age 0-1)

  • Yztu-Garðar, Kolbeinsstaða, Mýrasýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 19-20)

  • Yztugarðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland6

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 24-25)

  • Yztugarðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland7

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 29-30)

  • Yztu-Garðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland8

  • Occupation:

  • 1860 (age 44-45)

  • bóndi; Ystugarðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland9

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 54-55)

  • Kaldárbakki, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland10,11

  •  

  • widowed

  • Death:

  • Dec 9, 1872 (age 56-57)

  • Kaldárbakki, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland1,2

  •  

  • (Dánarbú hans skráð á Kaldárbakka 23.1.1873)

Wife: Sesselja SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Sesselja SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Sigurður JÓNSSON (1805-1854)

  • Mother:

  • Sigríður SNORRADÓTTIR (1812-1858)

  • Birth:

  • Aug 3, 1834

  • Kolbeinsstöðum í Hnappadal, Kolbeinsstaðahreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland1,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 4, 1834 (age 0)

  • Hitarnessþing (Hitarnes) parish, Kolbeinsstaðarhreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland2,13

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 0-1)

  • Haukatunga, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland14

  •  

  • name used Sezilía Sigurðardóttir

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 5-6)

  • Höfðakot hjál., Setbergssókn, Snæfellsnessýsla, Iceland15

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 10-11)

  • Lambastaðir, Álptanesssókn, Mýrasýsla, Icelaand16

  •  

  • (with mother)

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 35-36)

  • Kaldárbakki, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland2,11

  •  

  • ( house keeper for Finnur)

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 55-56)

  • Miklaholt, Akrasókn, Mýrasýsla, Iceland17

  • Occupation:

  • 1890 (age 55-56)

  • vinnukona; Miklaholt, Akrasókn, Mýrasýsla, Iceland17

  •  

  • worked for Guðmundur Sigurðsson

  • Emigration:

  • 1898 (age 63-64)

  • from Iceland to Canada18

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 66-67)

  • Canada with daughter Sigríður19

  •  

  • Lived with Jon and Sigridur Reykdal as stated in the 1901 Census

  • Occupation:

  • "UNTIL 1865"

  • housekeeper; Mýrum, Ánabrekku in Borgarhreppi, Vogalæk in Álftaneshreppi and Hjörsey in Hraunhreppi2

  •  

  • þaðan fór hún 1865 sem bústýra til Finns Þorkelssonar, ekkjumanns á Kaldárbakka í Kolbeinsstaðahreppi, hann lést 1. des. 1872 og Sesseja var talin búandi þar það ár. Vinnukona og húskona s.st. til 1875, síðan vinnukona víða á Mýrum til 1892 er hún fór að Kolbeinsstöðum í Kolbeinsstaðahreppi, er síðast skráð þar 1898 og virðist dáin fyrir manntal 1901.

  • Death:

  • aft 1901 (age 66-67)

  • Canada

Child 1: Sigríður FINNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Sigríður FINNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Jun 14, 1867

  • Hitarnessþing (Hitarnes) Kolbeinsstaðarhreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland13

  • Baptism:

  • Jun 21, 1867 (age 0)

  • Hitarnessþing (Hitarnes) parish in Kolbeinsstaðarhreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland13

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Hitarnessþing (Hitarnes) parish in Kolbeinsstaðarhreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland13

  • Death:

  • Jul 30, 1868 (age 1)

  • Hitarnessþing (Hitarnes) Kolbeinsstaðarhreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland13

Child 2: Sigríður FINNSDÓTTIR

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Daughter: Sigríður FINNSDÓTTIR

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Spouse: Jón Jónsson REYKDAL

  • Name:

  • Sigríður FINNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Jón Jónsson REYKDAL (1857-1927)

  • Birth:

  • Feb 20, 1871

  • Kolbeinsstöðum í Hnappadal, Kolbeinsstaðahreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland1,13,20,21,22

  • Baptism:

  • Feb 25, 1871 (age 0)

  • Hitarnessþing (Hitarnes) parish in Kolbeinsstaðarhreppur, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland13

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 8-9)

  • Garðar syðstu, í Syðstu-Görðum, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland20

  • Emigration:

  • 1892 (age 20-21)

  • from Iceland to Canada1,21,22

  •  

  • 1911 census shows 1890/1916 and 1901 census shows 1892

  • Residence:

  • 1931 (age 59-60)

  • RM of Coldwell, Manitoba, Canada

  •  

  • Address: SW12 20 5 1W

  • Residence:

  • 1940 (age 68-69)

  • Coldwell, Manitoba23

  • Religion:

  •  

  • Luthern24

  • Death:

  • Sep 23, 1950 (age 79)

  • Manitoba, Canada25

  • Burial:

  • 1950

  • Lundar Municipal Cemetery, Lundar, Manitoba, Canada

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

2.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

3.

Icelandic Census 1816, Icelandic Census 1816, (1816).

4.

Icelandic Census 1845.

5.

Icelandic Census 1816, Icelandic Census 1816, (1816). Yztu-Garðar, Kolbeinsstaða, Mýrasýsla.

6.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. Yztugarðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla.

7.

Icelandic Census 1840. Yztugarðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla.

8.

Icelandic Census 1845. Yztu-Garðar, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla.

9.

Icelandic Census 1860.

10.

Icelandic Census 1850.

11.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Kaldárbakki, Kolbeinsstaðasókn, Hnappadalssýsla.

12.

Ibid.

13.

Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.

14.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835.

15.

Icelandic Census 1840.

16.

Icelandic Census 1845. Lambastaðir, Álptanesssókn, Mýrasýsla.

17.

Icelandic Census 1890.

18.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901).

19.

Ibid. T-6435.

20.

Icelandic Census 1880.

21.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911, (June 1911).

22.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901.

23.

Ancestry.ca.

24.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

25.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1950-007067.