Margaret Torfason, b: 1924 - Gimli, Manitoba

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}




^{Edo Joseph Vanni}^{b.1918 Black Diamo, Washington d.2007 Bellevue, Washington}



		^{Bjarni Torfason}^{b.1850 Hjalt, Norður-Múlasýsla d.1926 Winnipeg, Canada}

	^{Sigurður Bjarnason}^{b.1888 Dver, Norður-Múlasýsla d.1964 Vancouver British Columb}	^{Katrín Gissurardóttir}^{b.1862 Kálfafellsstaðarsókn, Austur-Skaptafellssýsla d.1934 Gimli, Manitoba, Canada}

^{Margaret Torfason}^{b.1924 Gimli, Manitoba d.2009 Seattle, Washington}

	^{Margaret Gudmurndina Sigurdson}^{b.1898 Arborg, Manitoba d.1984 Vancouver British Columb}