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Family of Torfi JÓNSSON and María BJARNADÓTTIR

Husband: Torfi JÓNSSON

  • Name:

  • Torfi JÓNSSON2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1806

  • Hofteigssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,2,3,4,5

  • Occupation:

  • 1835 (age 28-29)

  • vinnuhjú; Fossvöllur, Kirkjubæarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5

  •  

  • (household work for Benjamín Pétursson)

  • Occupation:

  • 1840 (age 33-34)

  • húsbóndi, góður smiður; #55 Fossvöllur heimajörð, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland6

  • Occupation:

  • 1845 (age 38-39)

  • bóndi með grasnyt; Hlíðarhús hjáleiga, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 73-74)

  • Ásgrímsstaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland7

  •  

  • with son Jón Torfason

  • Death:

  • May 9, 1885 (age 78-79)

  • Iceland2,4

Wife: María BJARNADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • María BJARNADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Aug 2, 1826

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,2,3,4

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 8-9)

  • Ketilstaðir, Vallanessókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5

  • Occupation:

  • 1870 (age 43-44)

  • Bústýra; Firði 1, Dvergasteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 53-54)

  • Nóatún, Dvergasteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland7

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 53-54)

  • Húsmóðir; Nóatúni, Dvergsteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Emigration:

  • 1886 (age 59-60)

  • from from Vestdalseyri, Seyðisfjarðarhreppi, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland to Canada

  • Death:

  • Jun 22, 1901 (age 74)

  • Iceland ? or Canada ?2

Child 1: Helga TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Helga TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Jun 30, 1845

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Baptism:

  • Jun 30, 1845 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Death:

  • Sep 25, 1845 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

Child 2: Helga TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Helga TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Aug 18, 1846

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 18, 1846 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Death:

  • Oct 30, 1846 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

Child 3: Guðmundur TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Guðmundur TORFASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Feb 7, 1848

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2,8,9

  • Baptism:

  • Feb 7, 1848 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 1-2)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland9

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 6-7)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland10

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 11-12)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Jun 10, 1861 (age 13)

  • Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2

Child 4: Sveinn TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Sveinn TORFASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Mar 10, 1849

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2,8,9

  • Baptism:

  • Mar 10, 1849 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 0-1)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland9

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 5-6)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland10

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 10-11)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Sep 29, 1861 (age 12)

  • Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2

Child 5: Bjarni TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Bjarni TORFASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Katrín GISSURARDÓTTIR (1862-1934)

  • Birth:

  • Jul 15, 1850

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,4,8,12

  •  

  • From Ásgrímsstöðum í Hjaltastaðaþinghá

  • Baptism:

  • Jul 17, 1850 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 4-5)

  • Vidastaðr Heimajörd, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland (with Björn Jónsson)10

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 9-10)

  • Víðastaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Emigration:

  • btw 1893 and 1994 (age 42-144)

  • from Canada13,14,15

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1898 (age 47-48)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Apr 18, 1926 (age 75)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3,16

  •  

  • Cause: cancer of the stomach

  • Burial:

  • Apr 21, 1926

  • Block N16-lot 18 Gimli Cemetery, Town of Gimli, Manitoba3,17,18

Child 6: Guðrún Margrét TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún Margrét TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Aug 1, 1851

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 2, 1851 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 3-4)

  • Dalir Heimajörd, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland (foster child: Jón Einarsson)10

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 8-9)

  • Dalir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland (foster child: Jón Einarsson)11

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Iceland

Child 7: Skúli TORFASON

  • Name:

  • Skúli TORFASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Jóhanna Martína JAKOBSDÓTTIR (c. 1852-1925)

  • Birth:

  • Aug 7, 1852

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,4,8

  • Christening:

  • Aug 8, 1852 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 2-3)

  • Brúnavík, Desjarmýrarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland10

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 7-8)

  • Ásgrímsstaðir, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  •  

  • (foster child)

  • Occupation:

  • 1890 (age 37-38)

  • húsb., lifir á fiskv. (fisherman)12

  • Occupation:

  • 1901 (age 48-49)

  • Útvegsbóndi og Daglaunamaður; Setberg, Vopnafjarðarkaupstaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland19

  • Emigration:

  • 1903 (age 50-51)

  • from from Setbergi, Vopnafjarðarhreppi, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland to Canada2,20

  • Residence:

  • Apr 14, 1916 (age 63)

  • 681 Alverstone, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Death:

  • May 10, 1939 (age 86)

  • R.M of Coldwell, Manitoba, Canada4,16

Child 8: Anna Una TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Anna Una TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Benedikt JÓNASSON (1850-1906)

  • Birth:

  • May 23, 1855

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,4,8,10,20,21

  • Christening:

  • May 27, 1855 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 0)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland10

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 4-5)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Retirement:

  • 1880 (age 24-25)

  • Nóatún, Dvergasteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland (with her mother)

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 27-28)

  • from Fjarðaröldu, Seyðisfjarðarhreppi, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland to USA20

  • Death:

  • Sep 6, 1945 (age 90)

  • Gimli, Manitoba22

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Block 33-20 Gimli Cemetery , Town of Gimli, Manitoba18

Child 9: Johannes TORFASSON

  • Name:

  • Johannes TORFASSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Aug 13, 1856

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 13, 1856 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Death:

  • Aug 19, 1856 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

Child 10: Johannes TORFASSON

  • Name:

  • Johannes TORFASSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Mar 3, 1858

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

  • Baptism:

  • Mar 9, 1858 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Death:

  • Mar 11, 1859 (age 1)

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

Child 11: Aðalbjörg Jóhanna TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Aðalbjörg Jóhanna TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Oct 5, 1859

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8,11

  • Baptism:

  • Oct 13, 1859 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 0-1)

  • Sandbrekka, Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Jun 29, 1862 (age 2)

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland8

Child 12: Sveinbjörg TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Sveinbjörg TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Grímur Jónsson LAXDAL (1864-1940)

  • Birth:

  • Dec 16, 1863

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,4,8

  • Christening:

  • Dec 17, 1863 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Canada ?

Child 13: Björg TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Björg TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1864

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland7

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 15-16)

  • Nóatún, Dvergasteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland (with her mother)7

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Iceland ?

Child 14: Guðrún TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún TORFADÓTTIR2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Stefán JÓNSSON (1865-1936)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Hreggviður SIGURÐSSON (1864-1934)

  • Birth:

  • Mar 17, 1865

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2,3,8

  • Christening:

  • Mar 27, 1865 (age 0)

  • Hjaltastaður, Norður-Múlasýsla8

  • Immigration:

  • 1895 (age 29-30)

  • to North Dakota, USA from Iceland23

  • Occupation:

  • 1900 (age 34-35)

  • servant; North Dakota, USA23

  •  

  • for Jonathan Johnson

  • Occupation:

  • 1910 (age 44-45)

  • housekeeper in a boarding house; Thingvalla, Pembina, North Dakota, USA23

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • USA ?

Child 15: Stefanía TORFADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Stefanía TORFADÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Helgi Valdimar FRIÐBJÖRNSSON (1867-1924)

  • Birth:

  • Feb 4, 1869

  • Hjaltastaðarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3,4,7,24,25

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 10-11)

  • Nóatún þurrabúð, Dvergasteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland (with her mother)7

  • Emigration:

  • 1888 (age 18-19)

  • from Iceland24

  • Death:

  • May 18, 1933 (age 64)

  • R.M. of Coldwell, Manitoba16,22

Sources

1.

Icelandic Census 1845.

2.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

3.

Inez Schuster, Inez Schuster.

4.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

5.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835.

6.

Icelandic Census 1840.

7.

Icelandic Census 1880.

8.

Church of Latter Day Saints, Community Trees.

9.

Icelandic Census 1850.

10.

Icelandic Census 1855.

11.

Icelandic Census 1860.

12.

Icelandic Census 1890.

13.

Wagons To Wings.

14.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

15.

Canadian Government, Canadian Census 1921.

16.

Government of Manitoba, registration of death.

17.

unknown, Lögberg.

18.

Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.

19.

Icelandic Census 1901.

20.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

21.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth date.

22.

Ibid. death date.

23.

United States Government, United States Census.

24.

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

25.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth year.