See also
Husband:
Wife:
Children:
<Custom Event>:
c. 1868
moved to Hrísar, Víðidalur, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland
Marriage:
aft 1870
Iceland
Residence (family):
c. 1875
Kinmount, Ontario, Canada
<Custom Event>:
1875
Canada
<Custom Event>:
c. 1875
both sick with scurvy but Rafn managed to build a house but the house burned down with all the seed wheat
Residence (family):
1879
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
moved to
Residence (family):
c. 1885
Lundi (Riverton), (family farm just north of Gimli)
Residence (family):
Apr 21, 1891
East Gimli, 6 Lisgar District, Manitoba
residence family:
1901
Gimli, Manitoba1
Residence (family):
1901
Gimli district Manitoba
Name:
Rafn JÓNSSON
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Aug 11, 1833
Hvammssveit the district at the head of Hvammsfjörður from the river Fáskrúð to Ketilsstaðir, the outermost farm of the district. Some low land and small valleys, between which are grassy slopes full of blue berries. Pretty, furtile country.
Residence:
1835 (age 1-2)
Hvítadalur, Hvolssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland7
(with mother)
Residence:
1845 (age 11-12)
Stórimúli, Staðarhólssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland8
(with Þórður Einarsson)
Residence:
1850 (age 16-17)
Kjarlaksvellir hjál., Staðarhólssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland9
(with Þórður Einarsson)
Residence:
c. 1853 (age 19-20)
Krossárbakki, Óspakseyrarsókn, Strandasýsla, Iceland
Residence:
1855 (age 21-22)
Ytrikárastaðir, Kirkiuhvamssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland10
(with Gestur Magnússon)
Residence:
1870 (age 36-37)
Kothvammur, Húnaþing vestra, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11
Cenus shows that Rafn( húsmaður) and Rósa (bústýra ) worked for Guðmundur Teitsson and his wife María Halldórsdóttir on their farm called Kothvammur and they where not married yet.
Emigration:
btw 1873 and 1874 (age 39-41)
from Kirkjuhvammsbúð, Kirkjuhvammshreppi, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada2,5,12
Björn Sigurgeir Jónsson stayed in Iceland
Occupation:
1875 (age 41-42)
worked in saw mill; near Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:
frm 1875 to 1904 (age 41-71)
carpenter; Manitoba
Naturalisation:
1880 (age 46-47)
Canada13
Occupation:
"1906 or later"
worked with the railway; near Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
In 1906, a railway was brought to Gimli, the railway company CPR then started preparing a track from Winnipeg to Árdalsbyggð. As elsewhere on the plains of Western Canada, a railway station was needed, and the site chosen for it was in the village. When the construction of the road was finished, the village was given a new name, Arborg.
Occupation:
1901 (age 67-68)
farmer; Gimli area, Manitoba
Dom. Land Grants:
May 23, 1903 (age 69)
North of Riverton, Manitoba14
Address: Part SW - 14 - 24 - 4 EPM
Death:
Mar 5, 1904 (age 70)
The 5th this month during the the night the farmer in Gimli, Rafn Jonsson, died. He was between 60 and 70 years old. He was the halfbrother of Páll sál (Soal) who was a priest (and a man who makes a Christian poetry) in Viðvik in Skagafjordur (Iceland) and died there.
Taken from an Icelandic paper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Löberg Mar. 17, 1904)
Burial:
1904
Block N14-12 Gimli Community Cemetery, Gimli, Manitoba
Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR
Name:
Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Jan 8, 1848
Kirðjahvammi (just out of Hvammstangi ), Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland3,5,17,18,19
1911 Census shows that she had a birth date of Feb, 1848
Baptism:
Jan 10, 1848 (age 0)
Kirkjuhvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland19
Residence:
1850 (age 1-2)
Kirkjuhvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland20
Residence:
1855 (age 6-7)
Kirkiuhvammur, Kirkiuhvamssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland21
Residence:
1860 (age 11-12)
#3, Kirkjuhvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4
Rosa lived with her parents close to Rafn and his first wife Ingibjörg Þorvaldsdóttir in 1860, Rosa was 13 years old
Occupation:
1870 (age 21-22)
bústýra (housekeeper for Rafn); Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland18
but had a child
Residence:
1870 (age 21-22)
Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland18
Immigration:
1873 (age 24-25)
to Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2
Immigration:
1874 (age 25-26)
Naturalisation:
1880 (age 31-32)
Canada5
Residence:
c. 1888 (age 39-40)
Isafold District, Manitoba, Canada
Residence:
1906 (age 57-58)
Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba22
(with son in law)
Residence:
1911 (age 62-63)
Gimli village (with son inlaw Gisli), Manitoba23
Religion:
1911 (age 62-63)
Luthern17
Residence:
Jun 16, 1916 (age 68)
(possible ??) Annie St. Selkirk Manitoba24
(inmate of Asylum)
Residence:
frm Jun 12, 1920 to Jul 27, 1930 (age 72-82)
Betal Home, Gimli, Manitoba25
Death:
Jul 27, 1930 (age 82)
Burial:
Jul 29, 1930
Block N14-11 Gimli Community Cemetery, Gimli, Manitoba
Name:
Hólmfríður RAFNSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Birth:
Sep 27, 1870
Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland3,18,19,27
Baptism:
Oct 2, 1870 (age 0)
Melstaður, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland19
Residence:
1870 (age 0)
Kothvammur(farm), Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland18
Emigration:
1873 (age 2-3)
from Kothvammur(farm), Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland with her parents2
Death:
Nov 14, 1876 (age 6)
New Iceland "Nyhagi", Manitoba2
Cause: from small pox
Burial:
"??"
Name:
Pjetur Fridholm RAFNSSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Jan 9, 1878
Residence:
1879 (age 0-1)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Residence:
1891 (age 12-13)
East Gimli, Manitoba29
Residence:
1930 (age 51-52)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada25
Residence:
Aug, 1930 (age 52)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada25
Residence:
1935 (age 56-57)
Glenboro, Manitoba30
Occupation:
1935 (age 56-57)
carpenter30
Death:
Jun 28, 1941 (age 63)
Daughter: Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR
Spouse: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON
Name:
Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
May 31, 1879
her fathers homestead named Lundi, just North of Gimli, Manitoba32
Residence:
1879 (age 0)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Residence:
1891 (age 11-12)
East Gimli, Manitoba29
Religion:
1911 (age 31-32)
Luthern17
Residence:
1937 (age 57-58)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada33
Address: 569 Maryland St.
Death:
Apr 12, 1941 (age 61)
3:00 AM at NW18 23 2E House #9 Vidir, RM of Bifrost, Manitoba32
Cause: Hepatic Carcinoma (liver cancer)
Burial:
Apr 15, 1941
Vidir Cemetery, Vidir, Manitoba32
Son: Valdimar Rafnsson JOHNSON
Name:
Valdimar Rafnsson JOHNSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Emigration:
1874 (age -15--14)
from Canada5
Naturalisation:
1880 (age -9--8)5
Birth:
Feb 26, 1888
Residence:
1891 (age 2-3)
East Gimli, Manitoba29
Residence:
1901 (age 12-13)
Gimli, Manitoba5
Residence:
1911 (age 22-23)
Gimli village (Gisli Magnusson's home)17
1911 Census shows that Valdimar lived at Gisli Magnusson's.
Religion:
1911 (age 22-23)
Luthern17
Occupation:
1911 (age 22-23)
labourer17
1911 Census shows that Valdimar worked as a labourer. doing odd jobs and worked 60 hours per week.
Occupation:
1916 (age 27-28)
carpenter34
Military Service:
1916 (age 27-28)
Regiment number 91317434
Occupation:
1935 (age 46-47)
carpenter30
Occupation:
1940 (age 51-52)
carpenter30
Occupation:
1947 (age 58-59)
carpenter
Occupation:
1953 (age 64-65)
fisherman30
Occupation:
1957 (age 68-69)
fisherman30
Occupation:
1962 (age 73-74)
fisherman30
Occupation:
1963 (age 74-75)
retired30
Death:
Nov 11, 1968 (age 80)
Gimli, Manitoba12
Daughter: Guðrún Sigurlína RAFNSDÓTTIR
Name:
Guðrún Sigurlína RAFNSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Emigration:
1874 (age -17--16)
from Canada5
Naturalisation:
1880 (age -11--10)5
Birth:
Dec 2, 1890
Baptism:
Sep 12, 1891 (age 0)
First Luthern, Winnipeg, Manitoba19
Residence:
1891 (age 0-1)
East Gimli, Manitoba29
Residence:
1901 (age 10-11)
Gimli, Manitoba5
Residence:
1906 (age 15-16)
Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba (with brother in law)22
Residence:
1911 (age 20-21)
Gimli village (Gisli Magnusson's home)17
Religion:
1911 (age 20-21)
Luthern17
Occupation:
1911 (age 20-21)
domestic17
1911 Census shows that Lina worked for a private family in Gimli. works 60hour per week.
Death:
1962 (age 71-72)
Ontario, Canada ?36
Burial:
Section: 08 Plot: 0096 Grave: 02 Fairfield Cemetery. Niagara Falls, Ont.36,37
1 RESI 2 DATE APROX 1887 2 PLAC Vatnsnes SE of 14-24-4E (home on this site) 1 RESI 2 DATE JANUARY 24,1889 2 PLAC SW of 14-24-4E formal entry made
1 RESI
2 DATE 1873-1875
2 PLAC Kinmont, Ont.
Rafn is a half brother to Séra Páll Jónsson of Vellir. He left the Saubær District of Dalasýla and found work at Krossárbakki in Bitrufjörður,in the neighbouring region of Strandasýsla. He then moved to Kárastaðir on Vatnsnes on 1855 there he met Ingibjörg Thorvaldsdóttir.Shortly after there marrage they moved to a near by holding, Helguhvammur and in 1860 they were in Kirkjuhvammur. In 1862 they moved to Dalasýsla, but there they were divorced and he move to Vatnsnes Peninsula in 1866. Where he met his second wife Rósa. They moved to Hrísar in Viðidalur in1868.Then back to Kothvammur within a year or so. In the spring of 1872 they moved to Kirkjuhvammsbùð and after that to Canada in 1873. They were married in Parry Sound , Ont. in 1874. In the summer of 1875 they left for Manitoba. Lived at a homestead named Lundur, Gimli 1877, 1879. (Taken from The Gimlunga Saga, (Gimli District: Township 19 Range 4E Berurjodur 1877, 18791891).
Came to Canada in 1873, to Parry Sound,Ont.: Gimli in Fall of 1875:1879,Winnipeg:1885 townsite of Lundi (Riverton,Mb.):
imigration: 1873 to Perry Sound, Ont.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901). 1901 Census.
Islendingabok, Islendingabok.
Church of the Latter day Saints, Church of the Latter day Saints.
Icelandic Census 1860.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. Hvítadalur, Hvolssókn, Dalasýsla.
Icelandic Census 1845. Stórimúli, Staðarhólssókn, Dalasýsla.
Icelandic Census 1850. Kjarlaksvellir hjál., Staðarhólssókn, Dalasýsla.
Icelandic Census 1855. Ytrikárastaðir, Kirkiuhvamssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.
Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Kothvammur, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.
unknown, Lögberg-Heimskringla.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1901. district 11 for Selkirk- Gimli.
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Canada. Call Number: C-6039.
Government of Manitoba, registration of death. 1904-003087.
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unknown, Lögberg.
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Margaret Draper, Margaret Draper.
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