See also
Husband:
Wife:
Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR (1805-1875)
Children:
Status:
Never Married
Marriage:
"??"
Iceland
residence family:
1835
Sælingsdalur, Sælingsdalstungusókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland
Name:
Jón JÓNSSON
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Jan, 1773
Sælingsdalstunga (Sælingsdalstunga an abandoned farm now) in the Sælingsdalur Valley in Hvammssveit,Iceland
Baptism:
Jan 24, 1773 (age 0)
Sælingsdalstungu, Hvammur i Hvammssveit, Dalasýsla, Iceland5
Residence:
1835 (age 61-62)
#1 Sælingsdalur, Sælingsdalstungusókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland6,7
Occupation:
farmer; Sælingsdalur, Sælingsdalstungusókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland8
Occupation:
1840 (age 66-67)
húsbóndi; Sælingsdalur, Sælingsdalstungusókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland9
Death:
Jul 3, 1864 (age 91)
Name:
Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Sep 26, 1805
Helgafell i Helgafellssveit, Snaefellsnessysla, Iceland1,5,11,12
Vighólsstaðir is a place along Fellsströnd district, the coast along Hvammsfjörður (Possible birth place Vighólsstaðir in the Fellsströnd district)
Baptism:
Sep 28, 1805 (age 0)
Helgafell i Helgafellssveit, Snaefellsnessysla, Iceland5
Residence:
1816 (age 10-11)
Vígholtsstaðir, Staðarfellssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland13
Residence:
1817 (age 11-12)
Vígholtsstaðir, Staðarfellssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland1
Residence:
1835 (age 29-30)
#1 Hvítadalur, Hvolssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland14
1835 Census shows that Anna worked for a family named Magnús Gíslason and wife Ingvildur Magnúsdóttir from Hvítadalur, Hvolssókn, Dalasýsla also she had her son Rafn aged 2 with her.
Occupation:
1835 (age 29-30)
vinnukona at Hvítadalur, Hvolssókn, Dalasýsla for Magnús Gíslason14
Death:
Dec 28, 1875 (age 70)
Dalasýsla, Iceland1
Spouse: Rósa JÓNSDÓTTIR
Name:
Rafn JÓNSSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
Aug 11, 1833
Sælingsdalstunga, Hvammssveit, Dalasýsla, Iceland1,15,16,17,18
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, Iceland19
(with mother)
Residence:
1845 (age 11-12)
Stórimúli, Staðarhólssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland20
(with Þórður Einarsson)
Residence:
1850 (age 16-17)
Kjarlaksvellir hjál., Staðarhólssókn, Dalasýsla, Iceland21
(with Þórður Einarsson)
Residence:
c. 1853 (age 19-20)
Krossárbakki, Óspakseyrarsókn, Strandasýsla, Iceland
Residence:
1855 (age 21-22)
Ytrikárastaðir, Kirkiuhvamssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland22
(with Gestur Magnússon)
Residence:
1870 (age 36-37)
Kothvammur, Húnaþing vestra, Kirkjuhvammssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland23
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 Canada1,17,24
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)
Canada25
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, Manitoba26
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
Islendingabok, Islendingabok.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
Icelandic Census 1816, Icelandic Census 1816, (1816).
Icelandic Census 1855.
Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.
Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1703.
Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. 31778.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
Icelandic Census 1840.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.
Icelandic Census 1816, Icelandic Census 1816, (1816). page 30.
Icelandic Census 1816, Icelandic Census 1816, (1816).
Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835.
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.
Government of Canada, Western Land Grants (1870-1930). Microfilm reel number: C-6039. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Canada. Call Number: C-6039.
Government of Manitoba, registration of death. 1904-003087.
Löberg (Icelandic Newspaper), Taken from an Icelandic paper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Löberg Mar. 17, 1904), (Mar. 17, 1904).