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Family of Torfi JÓNSSON and Guðrún JÓNSDÓTTIR

Husband: Torfi JÓNSSON

  • Name:

  • Torfi JÓNSSON3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1806

  • Hofteigssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,4,5,6,7

  • Occupation:

  • 1835 (age 28-29)

  • vinnuhjú; Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland7

  •  

  • (household work for Benjamín Pétursson)

  • Occupation:

  • 1840 (age 33-34)

  • húsbóndi, góður smiður; #55 Fossvöllur heimajörð, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Occupation:

  • 1845 (age 38-39)

  • bóndi með grasnyt; Hlíðarhús hjáleiga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland6

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 73-74)

  • Ásgrímsstaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland9

  •  

  • with son Jón Torfason

  • Death:

  • May 9, 1885 (age 78-79)

  • Iceland3,5

Wife: Guðrún JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1811

  • Nefbjarnarstaðir, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,5,7,10

  • Residence:

  • 1816 (age 4-5)

  • Nefbjarnarstaðir, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland10

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housewife; Hlíðarhús hjáleiga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5

  • Occupation:

  • 1835 (age 23-24)

  • vinnuhjú; Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • (household work for Benjamín Pétursson)

  • Death:

  • Sep 6, 1843 (age 31-32)

  • Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3

Child 1: Benjamín TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Benjamín TORFASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Anna STEFÁNSDÓTTIR (1834-1867)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Sigríður SIGURÐARDÓTTIR (1848-1892)

  • Birth:

  • Feb 18, 1836

  • Kyrkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,8,11

  • Baptism:

  • Feb 19, 1836 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 3-4)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 8-9)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland6

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 13-14)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland12

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 18-19)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland13

  • Death:

  • Jun 1, 1909 (age 73)

  • Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3

Child 2: Halldór TORFASSON

  • Name:

  • Halldór TORFASSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Jun 1, 1837

  • Kyrkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Baptism:

  • Jun 1, 1837 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Jun 16, 1837 (age 0)

  • Kyrkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

Child 3: Jón TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Jón TORFASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Guðrún SKÚLADÓTTIR (1841-1878)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Stephanía SIGFÚSDÓTTIR (1848-1929)

  • Birth:

  • May 18, 1838

  • Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5,6,11,14

  • Baptism:

  • May 20, 1838 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 1-2)

  • #55 Fossvöllur heimajörð, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 6-7)

  • Hlíðarhús hjáleiga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland15

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 11-12)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland16

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 21-22)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland17

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer; Ásgrímsstaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5

  • Death:

  • Mar 24, 1884 (age 45)

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5,18

Child 4: Eyjólfur TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Eyjólfur TORFASON3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Sep 11, 1839

  • Kyrkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,8,11

  • Baptism:

  • Sep 12, 1839 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 0-1)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 5-6)

  • Fossvellir, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland6

  •  

  • (foster child)

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 10-11)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland12

  •  

  • (foster child)

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 15-16)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland13

  • Occupation:

  • 1860 (age 20-21)

  • Vinnumaður; Hreinsstaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland19

  •  

  • worked for brother Benjamin

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 20-21)

  • Hreinsstaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland19

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 40-41)

  • Vinnumaður; Straumi í Hróarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 40-41)

  • Straumi í Hróarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • Oct 30, 1893 (age 54)

  • Iceland3

Child 5: Björg TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Björg TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Benedikt ÓLAFSSON (1836-1907)

  • Birth:

  • Aug 17, 1840

  • Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8,11

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 18, 1840 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 0)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 4-5)

  • Litlibakki, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland6

  •  

  • (fosterdaughter of Jón Jónsson)

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 9-10)

  • Litlibakki, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland12

  •  

  • (fosterdaughter of Jón Jónsson)

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 14-15)

  • Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland13

  • Occupation:

  • 1855 (age 14-15)

  • Vinnukona; Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla13

  •  

  • worked for Jón Jónsson

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 19-20)

  • Breiðavað, Eiðasókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland19

  • Occupation:

  • 1860 (age 19-20)

  • -; Breiðavað, Eiðasókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland19

  •  

  • worked for Halldór Jónsson

  • Emigration:

  • 1876 (age 35-36)

  • from from Bakkagerði, Jökuldals-og Hlíðarhreppi, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland to Canada

  • Death:

  • Sep 20, 1896 (age 56)

  • Iceland

Child 6: Guðrún Guðný TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún Guðný TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Guðmundur GUÐMUNDSON (1854-bef1937)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 2, 1842

  • Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11,19

  • Baptism:

  • Apr 3, 1842 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 2-3)

  • (foster child) at Fossvellir, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla6

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 7-8)

  • (foster child) at Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla12

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 17-18)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland19

  • Emigration:

  • 1876 (age 33-34)

  • from Iceland to Manitoba, Canada20,21

  • Residence:

  • 1926 (age 83-84)

  • Gimli, Manitoba20

  • Burial:

  • Oct 1, 1937

  • Gimli, Manitoba20

  • Death:

  • Oct 26, 1937 (age 95)

  • Manitoba, Canada20

Child 7: Mekkin TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Mekkin TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • ?? BROWN ( - )

  • Birth:

  • Jun 2, 1843

  • Kyrkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Baptism:

  • Jun 3, 1843 (age 0)

  • Kirkjubaer i Hroarstunga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 1-2)

  • Vaðbrekka, Hofteigssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland6

  •  

  • (foster child: Guðmundur Jónsson)

  • Occupation:

  • 1855 (age 11-12)

  • -; Waðbrekka, Hofteigssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland13

  •  

  • (foster child: Oddur Þorsteinsson)

  • Death:

  • Sep 22, 1929 (age 86)

  • Gimli Hospital, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada22

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Block 25-1 Betal, Gimli Cemetery, Town of Gimli, Manitoba23

Sources

1.

Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org. Vital • Iceland Marriages, 1770-1920.

2.

Icelandic Census 1840. Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla.

3.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

4.

Inez Schuster, Inez Schuster.

5.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

6.

Icelandic Census 1845.

7.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835.

8.

Icelandic Census 1840.

9.

Icelandic Census 1880.

10.

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

11.

Church of Latter Day Saints, Community Trees.

12.

Icelandic Census 1850.

13.

Icelandic Census 1855.

14.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth date.

15.

Icelandic Census 1845. Hlíðarhús hjáleiga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla.

16.

Icelandic Census 1850. Sandbrekka heimaj., Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla.

17.

Icelandic Census 1860. Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla.

18.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. death date.

19.

Icelandic Census 1860.

20.

unknown, Lögberg.

21.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

22.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1929-050061.

23.

Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.