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Family of Sæmundur GÍSLASON and Guðbjörg JÓNSDÓTTIR

Husband: Sæmundur GÍSLASON

  • Name:

  • Sæmundur GÍSLASON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Aug 19, 1828

  • Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 6-7)

  • Varakot, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  •  

  • tökubarn living with Vigfús Jónsson

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 11-12)

  • Keflavík, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland4

  •  

  • Address: #10

    tökupiltur, sveitarbarn, living with Vigfús Jónsson

  • Occupation:

  • 1845 (age 16-17)

  • vinnudrengur; Nýlenda, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Vigfús Jónsson

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 16-17)

  • Nýlenda, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland5

  • Residence:

  • 1851 (age 22-23)

  • Dvergastein, Dvergasteinssókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Kom árið 1851 úr Húnavatnssýslu að Dvergasteini við Seyðisfjörð, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1852 (age 23-24)

  • Djúpavogur, Geithellnahreppur, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Fór frá Dvergasteini að Djúpavogi

  • Residence:

  • 1853 (age 24-25)

  • Þvottá í Álftafirði, Álftafjarðarhreppur, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1854 (age 25-26)

  • Höskuldsstaðir, Breiðdalshreppur, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 26-27)

  • Sighvatsbær, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland6

  • Death:

  • 1857 (age 28-29)

  • Gullbringusýsla, Iceland ?2

Wife: Guðbjörg JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðbjörg JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Jón JÓNSSON (1775-1859)

  • Mother:

  • Margrét EYJÓLFSDÓTTIR (c. 1780-1850)

  • Birth:

  • Oct 13, 1823

  • Undirfell í Vatnsdalur, Ásshreppur, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2,7

  • Baptism:

  • Oct 14, 1823 (age 0)

  • Underfell Kirkja, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1835 (age 11-12)

  • Höllustaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2,8

  •  

  • tökubarn, living with Jón Halldórsson

  • Occupation:

  • 1840 (age 16-17)

  • vinnukona; Nípukot, Breiðabólstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla

  •  

  • worked for Bjarni Jónsson

  • Residence:

  • 1840 (age 16-17)

  • Nípukot, Breiðabólstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland9

  • Occupation:

  • 1845 (age 21-22)

  • vinnukona; Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • worked for Þorgrímur Þorleifsson

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 21-22)

  • Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland7

  • Occupation:

  • 1850 (age 26-27)

  • vinnukona; Holtastaðir, Holtastaðasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • worked for Gísli Ólafsson

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 26-27)

  • Holtastaðir, Holtastaðasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland10

  • Occupation:

  • 1860 (age 36-37)

  • vinnukona; Breiðabólstaður, Breiðabólstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • worked for Sr. Ólafur H. Thorberg

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 36-37)

  • Breiðabólstaður, Breiðabólstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11

  •  

  • widowed in the 1860 census

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Iceland

Child 1: Þóra Oddbjörg Sigríður SÆMUNDSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Þóra Oddbjörg Sigríður SÆMUNDSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Apr 23, 1852

  • Dvergasteinssókn, Seyðisfjörður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Baptism:

  • Apr 25, 1852 (age 0)

  • Eiðar, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland12

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 7-8)

  • Leysingjastaðir, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13

  •  

  • fósturbarn living with Margrét Erlendsdóttir

  • Occupation:

  • 1870 (age 17-18)

  • léttastúlka; Melar, Staðarsókn [a], Strandasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Jón Jónsson

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 17-18)

  • Melum í Hrútafirði, Staðarsókn, Strandasýsla, Iceland14

  • Occupation:

  • 1880 (age 27-28)

  • unknown; Borðeyri, Prestbakkasókn, Strandasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Kristján Ragnar Júlíus Hall, verzlunarstjóri

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 27-28)

  • Borðeyri, Prestbakkasókn, Strandasýsla, Iceland15

  • Emigration:

  • 1900 (age 47-48)

  • from Sauðárkrókur, Sauðárkrókssókn, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland to Canada or USA2

  • Death:

  • Feb 14, 1919 (age 66)

  • Canada or USA

Child 2: Margrét Júlíana SÆMUNDSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Margrét Júlíana SÆMUNDSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Guðmundur Þorsteinn ÞORSTEINSSON (1854- )

  • Birth:

  • Aug 11, 1855

  • Gullbringusýsla, Iceland ?2

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 11, 1855 (age 0)

  • Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland16

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 4-5)

  • Kárastaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland17

  •  

  • tökubarn living with Jósafat Grímsson

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 14-15)

  • Kárastaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland18

  • Occupation:

  • 1870 (age 14-15)

  • vinnukona; Kárastaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • working for Jósafat Grímsson

  • Emigration:

  • 1887 (age 31-32)

  • from Efri Mýrum, Engihlíðarhreppi, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland to USA

  • Occupation:

  • 1900 (age 44-45)

  • Húsfreyja; Gardar, Pembina, N-Dakota, USA2

  • Death:

  • c. 1907 (age 51-52)

  • USA2

Note on Husband: Sæmundur GÍSLASON

Dánarbú hans var skráð 17.12.1858.

Note on Wife: Guðbjörg JÓNSDÓTTIR

Finnst innkomin úr Húnavatnssýslu að Dvergasteini í Seyðisfirði, N-Múl. 1851 og skráð við hliðina á Sæmundi sem hún giftist síðar.

Sources

1.

Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org. "Iceland Marriages, 1770-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGY2-JYL : 20 February 2020), Gudbjorg Jonsdr in entry for Saemundur Gislason, 1856.

2.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

3.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. Varakot, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla.

4.

Icelandic Census 1840. Keflavík, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla.

5.

Icelandic Census 1845. Nýlenda, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla.

6.

Icelandic Census 1855. Sighvatsbær, Útskálasókn, Gullbringusýsla.

7.

Icelandic Census 1845.

8.

Icelandic Census, Icelandic Census 1835. Höllustaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

9.

Icelandic Census 1840. Nípukot, Breiðabólstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

10.

Icelandic Census 1850. Holtastaðir, Holtastaðasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

11.

Icelandic Census 1860. Breiðabólstaður, Breiðabólstaðarsókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

12.

Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org. "Iceland Baptisms, 1730-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGPL-XTG : 23 June 2020), Saemundur Gislason in entry for Thora Oddbjorg, 1852.

13.

Icelandic Census 1860. Leysingjastaðir, Þingeyrasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

14.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Melum í Hrútafirði,Staðarsókn, Strandasýsla.

15.

Icelandic Census 1880. Borðeyri, Prestbakkasókn, Strandasýsla.

16.

Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org. "Iceland Baptisms, 1730-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGT5-X8F : 23 June 2020), Gudbjorg Jonsdr in entry for Margret Juliana, 1855.

17.

Icelandic Census 1860. Kárastaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

18.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870. Kárastaðir, Svínavatnssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.