See also
Husband:
Magnús GUÐLAUGSSON (1844-1928)
Wife:
Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR (1852-1930)
Children:
Marriage:
Oct 12, 1875
Grímstúngusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1
Separation:
"ON OR BEFORE) 1891"
Magnus was listed as divorced in the 1901 census.
Residence (family):
1880
Grímstunga, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland
Residence (family):
bef 1883
Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland
Residence (family):
1885
Gimli Manitoba
Magnús GUÐLAUGSSON
Name:
Magnús GUÐLAUGSSON
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Dec 27, 1844
Marðarnúpi í Vatnsdalur, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4,5,6,7,8
Baptism:
Dec 28, 1844 (age 0)
Undirfell í Vatnsdalur, Ásshreppur, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland9
Residence:
1845 (age 0-1)
Marðarnúpi í Vatnsdalur, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland7,10
living with his father
Residence:
1850 (age 5-6)
Marðarnúpi í Vatnsdalur, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland11
Residence:
1855 (age 10-11)
Marðarnúpi í Vatnsdalur, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland12
Occupation:
1860 (age 15-16)
léttadrengur; Forsæludalur, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13
Residence:
1860 (age 15-16)
Forsæludalur, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13
Emigration:
1883 (age 38-39)
from Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland to Manitoba, Canada4,5
Naturalisation:
btw 1886 and 1887 (age 41-43)
Residence:
1891 (age 46-47)
Gimli, Manitoba3
Occupation:
1891 (age 46-47)
carpenter3
Residence:
1901 (age 56-57)
Gimli Manitoba15
Name stated in 1901 census for Gimli Manitoba was Gudlögson
Occupation:
1901 (age 56-57)
carpenter15
Dom. Land Grants:
Jan 13, 1902 (age 57)
Lot 43 and 102, Gimli Manitoba (land grant 1870-1930)16
Group/Block: 6
Lots: 102 and also lot 43
Liber: 164
Folio: 97
Names: Magus Gudlaugsson
Place name: Gimli, Town of
Possible address for Magnus in Gimli by way of Western Land Grants (1870-1930)
Residence:
1906 (age 61-62)
Gimli, Manitoba17
Selkirk district, township 19 or 20, Manitoba (with son)
Residence:
1911 (age 66-67)
Gimli village (with son Gisli)18
Occupation:
1911 (age 66-67)
labourer5
1911 Census shows that Magnus was a labourer on odd jobs, 52 weeks a year and 60 hours a week.
Religion:
1911 (age 66-67)
Unitarian5
Residence:
1916 (age 71-72)
Gimli village, Manitoba19
Occupation:
1916 (age 71-72)
carpenter19
Residence:
1921 (age 76-77)
Manitoba14
Address: Town of Gimli
lived with Thomas Jonasson family
Residence:
1926 (age 81-82)
2nd, Ave. Gimli, Manitoba20
lived with Thomas and Ora
Residence:
1928 (age 83-84)
lot 116, Gimli, Manitoba21
Death:
Mar 22, 1928 (age 83)
Cause: chronic indigestion with persistant vomiting for 3 years
Burial:
N14-15 Gimli Community Cemetery, Gimli, Manitoba
Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR
Name:
Hólmfríður JÓNSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Mar 4, 1852
Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Austur - Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1,12,24
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, Iceland25
Residence:
1855 (age 2-3)
Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland12
(with mother)
Residence:
1860 (age 7-8)
Hjallaland, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland13
Occupation:
1870 (age 17-18)
house worker; #7 Gilsstaðir, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland26
working for Magnús B . Steindórsson
Residence:
1870 (age 17-18)
#7 Gilsstaðir, Undirfellssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland26
Emigration:
1883 (age 30-31)
from Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland to Canada2,4
Occupation:
1891 (age 38-39)
housekeeper; Gimli, Manitoba3
for Asmundur Thorsteinson
Residence:
1891 (age 38-39)
Gimli, Manitoba3
Residence:
1911 (age 58-59)
Sofia Ave (not sure, ink smudged)Selkirk Manitoba2
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, Manitoba24,27,28,29
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
Daughter: Jósefína Helga MAGNÚSDÓTTIR
Name:
Jósefína Helga MAGNÚSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Dec 25, 1877
Guðrúnarstaðir, Grímstungusókn, Vatnasdalur, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland29,30,31,32
Löberg Newspaper stated that her birth date was 28 Dec 1877 (6 Jan 1916 obituary) at Guðmundarstöðum.
Residence:
1880 (age 2-3)
Grímstunga, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland30
Emigration:
1883 (age 5-6)
from Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland to Canada4,29,33
Residence:
1885 (age 7-8)
Gimli, Manitoba34
Residence:
1891 (age 13-14)
Gimli, Manitoba (with mother)3
Religion:
Luthern32
Occupation:
1891 (age 13-14)
servant; Selkirk, Manitoba3
worked for for Asmundur Thorsteinson (Brown)
Death:
Oct 28, 1915 (age 37)
Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada35
Burial:
Nov 1, 1915
Mapleton Luthern Cemetery. St. Andrews Municipality, Manitoba36
Son: Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON
Spouse: Þórdís Anna RAFNSDÓTTIR
Name:
Gisli Pétur MAGNÚSSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
Jun 8, 1880
Grímstunga, a big sheep farm, church and former parsonage today. West of it is a rugged gorge, through which flows the river Álka. The beginning of the old route via Grímstunguheiði (moor) to Borgarfjörður, now a jeep track south to the moors and Stórisandur. The home, in the 10th century of Óttar, father of the poet Hallfreður Vandræðaskáld. 1845 Icelandic census states that Gisli was born in Underfellssókn which is across the river from where the obituary stated he was born. I have used the obituary location because it was from son his Marlin Magnusson
Baptism:
Jun 20, 1880 (age 0)
Undirfell kirkja, Undirfellssókn, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland37
Residence:
1880 (age 0)
Grímstunga, Grímstungusókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland30
Emigration:
1883 (age 2-3)
from Gilhagi, Áshreppi, Grímstungusókn, Hunavatnssysla, Iceland to Canada4,14,38
Census shows Gisli, Anna with Parmas, Emil and Orianna.
Residence:
1885 (age 4-5)
Gimli, Manitoba34
Residence:
1891 (age 10-11)
Gimli, Manitoba (with father)3
Naturalisation:
1900 (age 19-20)
Canada14
Occupation:
1901 (age 20-21)
clerk at a general store in Gimli15
Occupation:
"January 1905 to 1910"
Ráðsmaður (stewart, household manager, councillor); Baldur paper
Address: Gimli, Manitoba
name changed to the Gimlungur in 1910
Dom. Land Grants:
Oct 11, 1904 (age 24)
Lot #30 Gimli Manitoba ( land Grant )39
Group/Block: 6
Lots: 30
Liber: 139
Folio: 219
File reel number: C-6043
Names: Gisli P Magnusson
Place name: Gimli, Townsite of
Occupation:
1908 (age 27-28)
agent for the Carper Timber Co of Winnipeg40
G P Magnusson has been appointed local
agent for the Carper Timber Co., of
Winnipeg, and is buying a large quantity of ties
In this district.
Life Event:
1908 (age 27-28)
Gimli, Manitoba
Councillor: Gisli P. Magnusson (VILLAGE OF GIMLI INCORPORATED 1908 Gimli was legally incorporated as a village in 1908. Its first elections were held on March 31,)
Occupation:
btw 1909 and 1910 (age 28-30)
treasurer for the Municipality of Gimli
Occupation:
1909 (age 28-29)
secratery treasurer; Municipaliy of Gimli
Address: Gimli, Manitoba
Occupation:
btw 1910 and 1911 (age 29-31)
operated a newspaper called Gimlungur in Gimli; Gimli, Manitoba
address 1911 GIMLUNGUR
P . O . B O X 4 5 9 ,
G l M L I , M A N -
Gísli P. Magnússon,
Ritstjóri o g ráðsmaður.
Jóhannes Vigfússon,
prentari.
1910 address box 92, Gimli, Manitoba
Gimlungur
Newspaper, 1910-1911. 1 reel. Published weekly in Gimli, Manitoba, by Maple Leaf Printing and Supply Company, 1910-1914. In Icelandic.
first issue 30 March 1910
Occupation:
frm 1910 to 1914 (age 29-34)
established the Maple Leaf Printing and Publishing Co.
Occupation:
1910 (age 29-30)
Lögmaður; F. Heap
Address: Gimli
company in Selkirk, Winnipeg and Gimli (F. Heaps of Selkirk as solicitor)
Occupation:
1910 (age 29-30)
whitewashing, cement and brick work; Gimli, Manitoba
advertisement April 1910
Occupation:
1911 (age 30-31)
(Census shows) Printer5
Census shows that Gisli Magnusson worked full time (52 wks/year) and put in 48 hours per week at work.
Religion:
1911 (age 30-31)
Unitarian
Occupation:
1916 (age 35-36)
carpenter19
Occupation:
1921 (age 40-41)
carpenter14
Residence:
1921 (age 40-41)
Gimli, Manitoba14
Residence:
1926 (age 45-46)
Manitoba20
Address: 2nd. Ave Gimli
Occupation:
1929 (age 48-49)
carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 841 Home St.
Residence:
1929 (age 48-49)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 841 Home St.
Residence:
1930 (age 49-50)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 1036 Notre Dame Ave.
Occupation:
1931 (age 50-51)
Carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Residence:
1931 (age 50-51)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 565 Lipton St.
Life Event:
1931 (age 50-51)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Shown as a "Ritari" Secretary for the Winnipeg Icelandic Festival
Occupation:
1932 (age 51-52)
carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Residence:
1932 (age 51-52)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 568 Banning St.
Life Event:
1932 (age 51-52)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
part of group that where instrumental in the moveing of the Icelandic Festival ( Islendingadagurinn ) from Winnipeg ( held in Winnipeg from 1890 to 1931) to Gimli, first festival August 2 1932
Occupation:
1933 (age 52-53)
carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Residence:
1933 (age 52-53)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 596 Sargent Ave.
Occupation:
1934 (age 53-54)
carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Residence:
1934 (age 53-54)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 596 Sargent Ave.
Occupation:
1935 (age 54-55)
carpenter; Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Residence:
1935 (age 54-55)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 596 Sargent Ave.
Occupation:
1936 (age 55-56)
printer; Magnusson Bros.41
Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Emil, Gisli P. and Marlin printers Magnusson Bros. 604 Sargent
Residence:
1936 (age 55-56)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 596 Sargent Ave.
Residence:
1937 (age 56-57)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 569 Maryland St.
shows him as retired and was living in the same place as Parmes
Occupation:
1938 (age 57-58)
printer; Magnusson Bros.41
Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Residence:
1938 (age 57-58)
Winnipeg, Manitoba41
Address: 426 Agnes Street
shown as printer, with Magnusson Bros.
Occupation:
1940 (age 59-60)
printer42
Residence:
1945 (age 64-65)
Silver Bay, Manitoba42
at Henry and Rory Davidson's house
Occupation:
1945 (age 64-65)
printer42
Residence:
1949 (age 68-69)
Lundar, Manitoba42
Occupation:
1949 (age 68-69)
printer42
Occupation:
book binder, publisher, carpenter, businessman
Residence:
btw 1952 and 1960 (age 71-80)
Ashern and Lundar, Manitoba
Occupation:
frm May 17, 1952 to Sep 1, 1960 (age 71-80)
operated a weekly newspaper (Interlake Municipal Observer); Ashern and Lundar, Manitoba43,44
published in Lundar
Occupation:
1957 (age 76-77)
gentleman; Lundar, Manitoba42
Occupation:
"ABT 1908 - 1911 ?"
worked for a law firm of F.Heap (Selkirk and Gimli)
F. HEAP.
I . Ö G M A Ð U R
SELKIRK, WINNIPEG OG GIMLI.
G. P . Magnússon,
er umboösmaSur hans a Gimli os annast um
itmheimtiní? á skuldum, útbunimr á alsleg
samningum OB hver önnur löftmanns störf
Sanngjarnt verð oer fljót nfsrreiðslf. áöllu.
Pósthólf nr. 92. Talsími nr. 16 og 23
Residence:
frm 1961 to 1967 (age 80-87)
Lundar, Manitoba45
Occupation:
"BET 1908 AND ABT 1918"
He was a policeman and later a magistrate for Gimli, Mb. for 10 years.
Occupation:
"BET 1910 AND ?"
sold farm implements around Gimli
Height:
aprox 5ft 10inch or 11 inch
Death:
Oct 9, 1967 (age 87)
(5 P.M.) E.M. Crowe Hospital, Eriksdale, Manitoba45
Cause: Acute coronary artery failure
Burial:
Oct 12, 1967
Vidir Cemetary (alongside his first wife ?) burial site not found.45
1901 census list for District of Selkirk: suddistrict d-2 page 3: micro film schedule T-6435 lists name of Magnus as Gudlögson aged 56 years. also living with him at the time was his son Gisli and Gisli's wife Thordys A. ( Rafnsdottir ).
Hólmfríður Jónasdóttir name used in Baptism
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 192946
Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS.
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Islendingabok, Islendingabok.
Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911, (June 6 and 7).
Government of Manitoba, registration of death. 1928-015062.
Vesturfaraskrá (Record of Emigrants),.
Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS. birth: 27 Dec 1844.
Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org. "Iceland Baptisms, 1730-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGT5-K3F : 23 June 2020), Gudlaugur Gudlaugsson in entry for Magnus, 1844.
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Icelandic Census 1860.
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Canada. Call Number: none.
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Canada.
Linden Davidson, Linden Davidson.
Government of Manitoba, registration of death. 1928-015062.
unknown, Heimskringla paper.
Islendingabok, Islendingabok.
Church of Latter Day Saints (http://www.familysearch.org/), LDS. birth: 04 Mar 1852.
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Government of manitoba, death registration.
Gordon Brown, Gordon Brown.
unknown, Lögberg.
Icelandic Census 1880.
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unknown, Lögberg-Heimskringla.
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not known, Winnipeg Free Press.
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