Family of Björn Stefán "Skaptason" JÓSEFSSON and Margrét STEFÁNSDÓTTIR

Husband: Björn Stefán "Skaptason" JÓSEFSSON

  • Name:

  • Björn Stefán "Skaptason" JÓSEFSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Jun 16, 1840

  • Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2,3

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 4-5)

  • Hnausum, Þingeyrarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 39-40)

  • bóndi; Hnausum, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Immigration:

  • Jul 31, 1883 (age 43)

  • to Hnausum, Þingeyrarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland from Canada3,5

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1887 (age 46-47)

  • Canada3

  • Death:

  • Jun 21, 1913 (age 73)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada6,7

Wife: Margrét STEFÁNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Margrét STEFÁNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Aug 22, 1847

  • Reykhólar, Reykhólahreppur, Austur-Barðastrandarsýsla, Iceland3,5,8

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 7-8)

  • Gautsdalur, Garpsdalssókn, Barðastrandarsýsla, Iceland9

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 12-13)

  • Gautsdalur, Garpsdalssókn, Barðastrandarsýsla, Iceland9

  • Immigration:

  • Jul 31, 1883 (age 35)

  • to Hnausum, Sveinsstaðahreppi, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland from Canada3,5,10

  • Death:

  • Oct 22, 1947 (age 100)

  • Canada5

Child 1: Guðrún Anna "Skaptason" BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún Anna "Skaptason" BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Andrés Frímann "Reykdal" ANDRÉSSON (1854-1926)

  • Birth:

  • Jun 7, 1871

  • Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 8-9)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 11-12)

  • from Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada

  • Death:

  • Jun 21, 1929 (age 58)

  • Canada ?6

Child 2: Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

  • Name:

  • Jósep "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Gudrun Johanna SIMONSON (1878-1960)

  • Birth:

  • Nov 4, 1873

  • Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 6-7)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 9-10)

  • from Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada

  • Military Service:

  • frm Oct, 1915 to Jan, 1919 (age 41-45)

  • WW1 France; Captain in the Canadian Army in the First World War

  •  

  • paymaster of the 108th Battalion

  • Occupation:

  • 1921 (age 47-48)

  • chief fishery officer with the federal government; Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

  • Death:

  • Apr 27, 1950 (age 76)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada12

  •  

  • Address: 378 Maryland St.

    at home

  • Burial:

  • 1950

  • Brookside Cemetery, plot E-0116-0 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Child 3: Anna Margrét "Skaptason" BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Anna Margrét "Skaptason" BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Þorkell "Charley" Jónsson CLEMENS (1882-1959)

  • Birth:

  • Oct 1, 1875

  • Undirfell í Vatnsdalur, Ásshreppur, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2,11

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 4-5)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 7-8)

  • from Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to Canada

  • Death:

  • Apr 2, 1935 (age 59)

  • RM of Siglunes, Manitoba6,14

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Brookside Cemetery, plot E-0115-0 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Child 4: Jóhanna Guðrún BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Jóhanna Guðrún BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • May 14, 1878

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2,11

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 1-2)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Jan 11, 1883 (age 4)

  • Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland6

Child 5: Hallsteinn "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

  • Name:

  • Hallsteinn "Skaptason" BJÖRNSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Anna Freeman JOHANNSSON (1889-1979)

  • Birth:

  • Jan 29, 1884

  • Nýhaga in the R.M. of Gimli, Manitoba3,15,16,17

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 16-17)

  • Gimli, Manitoba3

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 21-22)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Glenboro, Manitoba17

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer; Glenboro, Manitoba17

  • Residence:

  • 1912 (age 27-28)

  • 744 Beverly St. Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Death:

  • Jan 10, 1961 (age 76)

  • Canada16,17

Child 6: Asa S. "Skaptason" BJORNSDOTTIR

  • Name:

  • Asa S. "Skaptason" BJORNSDOTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Aug 4, 1890

  • Manitoba, Canada3

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 10-11)

  • Gimli, Manitoba3

  • Residence:

  • 1906 (age 15-16)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada18

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • unknown

Note on Husband: Björn Stefán "Skaptason" JÓSEFSSON

Skaptason was the last name of his father: Jósef Skaptason

Sources

1.

Icelandic Census 1880. Hnausum, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

2.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. birth date.

3.

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

4.

Icelandic Census 1845. Hnausum, Þingeyrarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

5.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

6.

Ibid. death date.

7.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1913-036443.

8.

Icelandic Census 1855.

9.

Ibid. Gautsdalur, Garpsdalssókn, Barðastrandarsýsla.

10.

Government of Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Canada:.

11.

Icelandic Census 1880.

12.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1950-003111.

13.

Icelandic Census 1880. Hnausar, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

14.

Government of manitoba, death registration. REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1935-016406.

15.

Province of Manitoba, detailed birth information.

16.

Skaptason Family, (2006).

17.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

18.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1906.