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Family of Asmundur Thorsteinson BROWN and Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Husband:

  • Asmundur Thorsteinson BROWN (1839-1927)

  • Wife:

  • Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR (1852-1930)

  • Marriage:

  • "??"

  • not sure of married

  • Residence (family):

  • 1906

  • Selkirk, Manitoba

  • Residence (family):

  • 1916

  • 275 Duffern Ave. Selkirk, Manitoba

  • Residence (family):

  • 1921

  • 275 Duffern Ave. Selkirk, Manitoba

  • residence family:

  •  

  • Selkirk, Manitoba

Husband: Asmundur Thorsteinson BROWN

  • Name:

  • Asmundur Thorsteinson BROWN

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Feb 29, 1839

  • Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,2,3

  • Residence:

  • 1845 (age 5-6)

  • Litla-Bakka, Kirkjubæjarsókn, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • resided with Jón Rustikusson his uncle

  • Immigration:

  • 1872 (age 32-33)

  • to Manitoba, Canada from Litlabakka, Tunguhreppi, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland3

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1878 (age 38-39)

  • Manitoba, Canada3

  • Residence:

  • 1879 (age 39-40)

  • Somastadir, Dvergasteinn, manitoba4

  •  

  • (farm name in Gimli District: Township 19 Range 4E Berurjodur 1877, 18

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Breidamyri (farm name), South Vidirnes District (Township 18 Range 4E)4

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 51-52)

  • east Gimli, Lisgar District, Manitoba5

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 71-72)

  • Sofia Ave (not sure, ink smudged) Selkirk, Manitoba6

  •  

  • 1911 census atated that he was living with Holmfridur Jonsdotttir.

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer; Litlabakka í Tungu, North Múlasýsla, Iceland7

  • Occupation:

  • 1911 (age 71-72)

  • Labourer; Cold Storage6

  •  

  • Address: Selkirk, manitoba

    employed at Cold Storage, total earning $144.00 or possibly $644.00 for the year worked unable to see clearly.

  • Occupation:

  • 1916 (age 76-77)

  • carpenter3

  • Religion:

  •  

  • Luthern6

  • Death:

  • Sep 20, 1927 (age 88)

  • Rural Municipality of Selkirk, Manitoba2,8

Wife: Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR

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Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Not KNOWN ( - )

  • Mother:

  • Jónea JÓNASDÓTTIR (1818-aft1901)

  • Birth:

  • Mar 4, 1852

  • Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Austur - Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland9,10,11

  •  

  • Contains the parish registers of Undirfelll parish in Áshreppur (district) and Másstaðir parish in Sveinsstaðahreppur (district) in Austur-Húnavatnssýsla (county). Includes Grímstunga parish in later years.

  • Baptism:

  • Mar 6, 1852 (age 0)

  • Undirfell í Vatnsdalur, Ásshreppur, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland12

  • Residence:

  • 1855 (age 2-3)

  • Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland10

  •  

  • (with mother)

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 7-8)

  • Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13

  • Occupation:

  • 1870 (age 17-18)

  • house worker; #7 Gilsstaðir, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland14

  •  

  • working for Magnús B . Steindórsson

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 17-18)

  • #7 Gilsstaðir, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland14

  • Emigration:

  • 1883 (age 30-31)

  • from Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland to Canada1,6

  • Occupation:

  • 1891 (age 38-39)

  • housekeeper; Gimli, Manitoba15

  •  

  • for Asmundur Thorsteinson

  • Residence:

  • 1891 (age 38-39)

  • Gimli, Manitoba15

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 58-59)

  • Sofia Ave (not sure, ink smudged)Selkirk Manitoba6

  •  

  • 1911 Census stated that she was named Brown and lived with Ausmunder Thorsteinson Brown

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • trained midwife, nurse, trained in obstretrics

  • Religion:

  •  

  • Luthern

  • Death:

  • Jan 21, 1930 (age 77)

  • 10 A.M. (at the home of Laris and Christine Benson)#26, Morris St., Selkirk, Manitoba9,16,17,18

  •  

  • Cause: old age exhaustion, double broncho pueumonia

    DETAILED DEATH INFORMATION

    REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1930-005028

     

    DECEASED DETAILSLast Name: BROWN

    Given Names: HOLMFRIDUR JONSDOTTIR Sex: F

    Date of Death: 01/21/1930 Time of Death:

    PLACE OF DEATH DETAILS Name of Hospital:

    Place of Death: SELKIRK

Note on Marriage

she became housekeeper for Asmundur Gudlaugsson, a farmer whose home was where the Gimli railway station was located in later years. He named his farm Dvergasteinn (Dwarf Rock) and the nurse who stayed there was usually called Holmfridur at Dvergasteinn

Note on Husband: Asmundur Thorsteinson BROWN (1)

Nam land í Víðinesbyggð, Nýja-Íslandi, fluttist að Dvergasteini á Gimli 1881. Fluttist síðar til Selkirk, Manitoba og bjó þar til æviloka.

Note on Husband: Asmundur Thorsteinson BROWN (2)

fathers name : Þorsteinn Runólfsson 1807 - 11. apríl 1844 and Sólveig Rustikusdóttir 1806 - 7. nóv. 1875

Note on Wife: Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR (1)

Hólmfríður Jónasdóttir name used in Baptism

Note on Wife: Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR (2)

Holmfridur at Dvergasteinn (Holmfrid of Dwarf Rock) In the year 1882 the Vidines (Willow Point) community was for-tunate in that a young woman settled at Gimli who had learned nursing and obstetrics in Iceland. She was Holmfridur Jonsdottir. and her fami-ly was from the Hunavatn County. For the next 16 years, until she moved permanently from the settlement, she used her specialized knowledge to aid her neighbours.

Holmfridur came from Iceland in 1881 with her husband Magnus Gudlaugsson and two young children. They differed in temperament, and parted. Shortly after, she became housekeeper for Asmundur Gudlaugsson, a farmer whose home was where the Gimli railway sta-tion was located in later years. He named his farm Dvergasteinn (Dwarf Rock) and the nurse who stayed there was usually called Holmfridur at Dvergasteinn. Though it was a busy household, neither Asmundur nor Holm-fridur was averse to her responding quickly and well when she was sent for to nurse a woman in childbirth or someone who was ill. She was an energetic worker, swift to put everything in order when the woman of the house was ill. Besides nursing, she would clean the house and serve food, as well as building up the courage of the family. Sometimes she would take the younger children home with her to look after. Holmfridur was stately and distinguished in bearing, good-looking, with blue eyes and chestnut hair, a little taller than average, erect and lively yet unhurried in motion. During the last 20 years of her life she lived in Selkirk, where she and Asmundur adopted the surname of Brown, which Asmundur's son used. She practiced nursing to the very last. She died in 19294

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

2.

Gordon R. Brown, Gordon R. Brown.

3.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

4.

Nelson Gerrard, GIMLUNGA SAGA : A HISTORY OF GIMLI AND THE VIDIRNES SETTLEMENT.

5.

Canadian Government, 1891 Census.

6.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911.

7.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

8.

Government of Manitoba-Vital stitistics, registration of death. 1927-045032.

9.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

10.

Icelandic Census 1855.

11.

Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.

12.

Ibid. birth: 04 Mar 1852.

13.

Icelandic Census 1860.

14.

Icelandic Census 1870, Icelandic Census 1870.

15.

Government of Canada, Census of Canada, 1891.

16.

Government of manitoba, death registration.

17.

Gordon Brown, Gordon Brown.

18.

unknown, Lögberg.