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Family of Árni SIGURÐSSON and Sesselja HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR

Husband: Árni SIGURÐSSON

  • Name:

  • Árni SIGURÐSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Sigurður ÁRNASON (1762-1816)

  • Mother:

  • Solveig SNORRADÓTTIR (1769-1837)

  • Birth:

  • Feb 5, 1791

  • Keflavík, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland4,5,6

  • Baptism:

  • Feb 6, 1792 (age 1)

  • Útskálum í Garði, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1801 (age 9-10)

  • Óvíst hvort/hvar er í mt.

  • Occupation:

  • 1816 (age 24-25)

  • vinnumaður; Hofsstaðasel, Hofsstaðasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland7

  •  

  • working for Hólmfríður Skúladóttir

  • Residence:

  • 1816 (age 24-25)

  • Hofsstaðasel, Hofsstaðasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland8

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Smiður (a craftsman in wood or metal); Stokkhólmur, Reykjasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland6

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Stokkhólmur, Reykjasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1835 (age 43-44)

  • húsbóndi; Stokkhólmur, Reykjasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • Aug 6, 1871 (age 80)

  • Hof í Vesturdalur, Flateyjarsókn, Norðursýsla (S.-Þingeyjarsýsla), Iceland4,5,6

Wife: Sesselja HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR

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Sesselja HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Sesselja HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Halldór SNÆBJARNARSON (1765-1844)

  • Mother:

  • Þuríður ÞORSTEINSDÓTTIR (1795-aft1855)

  • Birth:

  • Jun 23, 1834

  • Hvammur, Hólar í Hjaltadal, Skagafjarðar, Iceland4,5,6

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 0-1)

  • Auðólfsstaðir, Holtastaðasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4,9

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 10-11)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland10

  •  

  • léttastúlka, living with hr. Jóseph Skaptason, héraðslæknir (district physician)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Húsmannskona; Reykjavallagerði á landi, á Daufár, og víðar

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 15-16)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11

  •  

  • iving with hr. Jóseph Skaptason, héraðslæknir (district physician)

  • Emigration:

  • 1888 (age 53-54)

  • from Smyrlaberg, Torfalækjarhreppur, Hjaltabakkasókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada or USA

  • Emigration:

  • 1888 (age 53-54)

  • from Smyrlaberg, Torfalækjarhreppur, Hjaltabakkasókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada or USA

  • Death:

  • Mar 9, 1915 (age 80)

  • Saskatchewan, Canada4,6

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Saskatchewan, Canada

Child 1: Þorbjörg ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Þorbjörg ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Benedikt JÓNSSON (1863-1938)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 1, 1855

  • Starastaðir, Mælifell, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4

  • Christening:

  • Apr 6, 1857 (age 2)

  • Mælifelli í Lýtingsstaðahreppi, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 4-5)

  • Starrastaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 14-15)

  • Enni, Hofssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland12

  •  

  • fósturdóttir,systir bónda, living with Magnús Árnason

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 24-25)

  • yfirsetukona; Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Björn Pálmason

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 24-25)

  • Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland13

  • Occupation:

  • 1890 (age 34-35)

  • bústýra; Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Björn Pálmason

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 34-35)

  • Ásgeirsbrekku í Viðvíkursveit, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland14

  •  

  • shows as being married in the census

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 45-46)

  • Sigfúsarhús, Sauðárkrókur, Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland15

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 54-55)

  • Vík, Reynistaðarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland16

  • Occupation:

  • 1920 (age 64-65)

  • Eldhússtörf; Litla Gröf, Staðarhreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • for her daughter

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 64-65)

  • Litla Gröf, Staðarhreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland17

  •  

  • living with daughter Sigríður Benediktsdóttir and her husband

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 74-75)

  • Litlu-Gröf, Glaumbæjarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Sauðárkrók og víðar.

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Húsfreyja; Sauðárkrók og víðar.

  • Death:

  • Apr 11, 1932 (age 77)

  • Iceland4

Child 2: Sveinn ÁRNASON

  • Name:

  • Sveinn ÁRNASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Þórunn JÓHANNESDÓTTIR (1860-1957)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 6, 1858

  • Starastaðir, Mælifell, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4,5

  • Christening:

  • Apr 7, 1858 (age 0)

  • Mælifelli í Lýtingsstaðahreppi, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 1-2)

  • Starrastaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 11-12)

  • Fremri-Svartárdal í Svartárdal, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland18

  •  

  • léttadrengur, Living with Sveinn Guðmundsson

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 21-22)

  • Vinnumaður; Hafgrímsstaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Ólafur Ólafsson

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 21-22)

  • Hafgrímsstaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland19

  • Occupation:

  • 1890 (age 31-32)

  • Bóndi; Húsavík, Húsavíkursókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 31-32)

  • Húsavík, Húsavíkursókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland20

  • Emigration:

  • 1900 (age 41-42)

  • from Hólakoti á Reykjaströnd, Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland to USA

  •  

  • with his son, wife through the Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings from Quebec port, Canada to the Pembina ND land boarder crossing 31 July 1900

  • Naturalisation:

  • "1903 or 1908"

  • Canada

  • Life Event:

  • Jul 6, 1900 (age 42)

  • Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

  •  

  • Address: shipping port

    arrived on ship the "Lake Magantic"

  • Life Event:

  • 1900 (age 41-42)

  • Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, USA

  •  

  • crossed into USA

  • Death:

  • Jun 20, 1941 (age 83)

  • Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada4

  • Burial:

  • 1941

  • Leslie Cemetery, Leslie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Child 3: Bjarni ÁRNASON

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Son: Bjarni ÁRNASON

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Spouse: Ástríður SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Bjarni ÁRNASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ástríður SIGURÐARDÓTTIR (1861-1940)

  • Birth:

  • Aug 11, 1859

  • Starastaðir, Mælifell, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4,5

  • Christening:

  • Aug 11, 1859 (age 0)

  • Mælifelli í Lýtingsstaðahreppi, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 0-1)

  • Starrastaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland1

  • Emigration:

  • 1900 (age 40-41)

  • from Iceland to Canada4

  •  

  • with his son, wife through the Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings from Quebec port, Canada to the Pembina ND land boarder crossing 31 July 1900

    arrived on ship "Lake Magantic"

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Bóndi; Steini á Reykjaströnd, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Steini á Reykjaströnd, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland4

  • Death:

  • Jan 16, 1942 (age 82)

  • Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada4,5

Child 4: Guðríður ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðríður ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Erlendur PÁLMASON (1864-1895)

  • Birth:

  • Nov 2, 1865

  • Vallmúla, Mælifell, Skagafjarðar, Iceland5,21

  • Christening:

  • Nov 6, 1865 (age 0)

  • Mælifelli í Lýtingsstaðahreppi, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 4-5)

  • Hof, heimajörð Goðdalasókn Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Emigration:

  • 1887 (age 21-22)

  • from Ytri Ey, Vindhælishreppi, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to USA

  • Residence:

  • 1950 (age 84-85)

  • Whatcom, Washington, USA

  •  

  • living with her daughter

  • Death:

  • Mar 25, 1965 (age 99)

  • Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, United States22

Note on Marriage

Átti fimm börn með Árna skv. Austf. en eitt dó ungt.

Note on Wife: Sesselja HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR

 

Sources

1.

Icelandic Census 1860. Starrastaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

2.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Hof, Goðdalasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

3.

Icelandic Census 1880. Björnólfsstaðir, Holtastaðasókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla.

4.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

5.

Latter Day Saints, Community Trees.

6.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

7.

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

8.

Icelandic Census 1816, Icelandic Census 1816 use, (1816). Hofsstaðasel, Hofsstaðasókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

9.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. Auðólfsstaðir, Holtastaðasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

10.

Icelandic Census 1845. Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

11.

Icelandic Census 1850. Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

12.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870.

13.

Icelandic Census 1880. Ásgeirsbrekka, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

14.

Icelandic Census 1890. Ásgeirsbrekka, Viðvíkursókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

15.

Icelandic Census 1901. Sigfúsarhús, Sauðárkrókssókn Sauðárkrókur, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

16.

Icelandic Census 1910. Vík, Reynistaðarsókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

17.

Icelandic Census 1920. Litla Gröf, Staðarhreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

18.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Fremri-Svartárdal í Svartárdal, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

19.

Icelandic Census 1880. Hafgrímsstaðir, Mælifellssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla.

20.

Icelandic Census 1890. Húsavík, Húsavíkursókn, Norður-Múlasýsla.

21.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth date.

22.

Ibid. death date.