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Family of Hávarður GUÐMUNDSSON and Helga JÓNSDÓTTIR

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Family of Hávarður GUÐMUNDSSON and Helga JÓNSDÓTTIR

Husband: Hávarður GUÐMUNDSSON

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Hávarður GUÐMUNDSSON

  • Name:

  • Hávarður GUÐMUNDSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Guðmundur JÓNSSON (c. 1825-1862)

  • Mother:

  • Gunnhildur ÓLAFSDÓTTIR (1829-1905)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 10, 1862

  • Sveinsstaðir, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,2,3

  • Baptism:

  • Apr 12, 1862 (age 0)

  • Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 7-8)

  • Sveinsstaðir, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Eskifjörður, Fjarðabyggð, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 25-26)

  • to Winnipeg Manitoba from Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður, Seyðisfjörður, Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland4,5

  •  

  • left from Seyðisfjörður onboard SS Copeland with his wife Helga Jónsdóttir and three children.

    Left Glascow Scotland on 14 July 1888 the Ship Hibernian and arrived Quebec, Quebec, Canada 28 July 1888 (2 weeks to cross)

  • Occupation:

  • Apr 22, 1891 (age 29)

  • labourer; Gimli, Manitoba6

  •  

  • labour for John Thorsteinson

  • Residence:

  • Apr 22, 1891 (age 29)

  • Gimli, Manitoba6

  •  

  • Harvard was possibly in Gimli working. The age given of 28 would be correct. There is a Margrett and John listed as son and dsughter to Thorsteinson but the birth dates could match Harvard's family could be a mistake? Harvard shown as widowed in the census.

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1897 (age 34-35)

  • Canada7

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 38-39)

  • Lundar, Manitoba8

  • Residence:

  • Sep 15, 1902 (age 40)

  • Land Grant NW 2 20 5 W19

  • Residence:

  • "APROX 1912"

  • SE 13 23 10 W1

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Municipal secretary; Eskifjörður, Fjarðabyggð, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • (before Jon Johnsen)

  • Occupation:

  • "BEF 20 YEARS"

  • to learn carpentry and cabinet making) carpenter; Kaupmanahafn (Copenhagn)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer

  • Occupation:

  • 1935 (age 72-73)

  • farmer10

  • Death:

  • Oct 26, 1939 (age 77)

  • Hayland, R.M. of Siglunes, Manitoba, Canada2,3,11

  •  

  • Cause: stomach cancer

  • Burial:

  • Oct 31, 1939

  • Vogar Cemetery, Manitoba

  •  

  • (Reverend Gudmundur Arnason conducted the service)

Wife: Helga JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Helga JÓNSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Jón ÞORSTEINSSON (1836- )

  • Mother:

  • Margrét SVEINSDÓTTIR (1839- )

  • Birth:

  • Sep 24, 1863

  • Fjarðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland2,3,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • Sep 28, 1863 (age 0)

  • Mjóafjarðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland13

  • Residence:

  • 1870 (age 6-7)

  • Hof, Mjóafjarðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 16-17)

  • Kirkjuból, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland14

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 24-25)

  • to Winnipeg, Manitoba from Iceland5

  •  

  • aboard the SS Hibernian

  • Death:

  • Mar 25, 1889 (age 25)

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada15,16

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  • Cause: possible cause of death, died from child birth

Child 1: Margrét Þórhildur HÁVARÐARDÓTTIR

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Daughter: Margrét Þórhildur HÁVARÐARDÓTTIR

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Spouse: Ólafur Jón MAGNÚSSON

  • Name:

  • Margrét Þórhildur HÁVARÐARDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Halldór HALLDÓRSSON (1868-1933)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Ólafur Jón MAGNÚSSON (1875-1956)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 6, 1884

  • Kirkjuból, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,2

  • Baptism:

  • Apr 27, 1884 (age 0)

  • Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 3-4)

  • to Winnipeg, Manitoba from Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5

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  • aboard the SS Hibernian

  • Immigration:

  • 1903 (age 18-19)

  • to North Dakota, USA17

  • Death:

  • Jul, 1960 (age 76)

  • Manitoba

  • Burial:

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  • Siglunes-Hayland Cemetery, SE 23-23-10 W, R.M of Siglunes, Manitoba

Child 2: Jón HÁVARÐARSON

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Son: Jón HÁVARÐARSON

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Spouse: Maria BJARNADOTTIR

  • Name:

  • Jón HÁVARÐARSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Maria BJARNADOTTIR (1886-1923)

  • Birth:

  • Oct 29, 1885

  • Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,2,3,18

  • Baptism:

  • Nov 23, 1885 (age 0)

  • Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • frm 1885 to 1888 (age 0-3)

  • Sudur-Mulasýsla, Iceland

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 2-3)

  • to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from Kirkjubóli, Norðfjarðarhreppi, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5,7

  •  

  • aboard the SS Hibernian

  • Naturalisation:

  • 1897 (age 11-12)7

  •  

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 15-16)

  • R.M. of Posen7

  • Religion:

  •  

  • Luthern18

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer18

  • Death:

  • Mar 12, 1975 (age 89)

  • Vancouver, B.C.2,19

Child 3: Guðmundur HÁVARÐARSON

  • Name:

  • Guðmundur HÁVARÐARSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Mar 18, 1888

  • Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1,5

  • Baptism:

  • Apr 6, 1888 (age 0)

  • Skorrastaður, Norðfjarðarhreppur, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland1

  • Immigration:

  • 1888 (age 0)

  • to Winnipeg, Manitoba aboard the SS Hibernian from Kirkjubóli, Norðfjarðarhreppi, Suður-Múlasýsla, Iceland5

  • Death:

  • c. 1889 (age 0-1)

  • Manitoba, Canada20

Child 4: Helgi GUDMUNDSSON

  • Name:

  • Helgi GUDMUNDSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Mar 19, 1889

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba1,20,21

  • Baptism:

  • Mar 27, 1889 (age 0)

  • First Luthern Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba1

  • Death:

  • 1889 (age 0)

  • Manitoba, Canada ? (unable to find census info on Helgi possibly died not long after birth)20

Note on Marriage

1 RESI

2 DATE 1889

2 PLAC Hecla Island Mb.

1 RESI

2 DATE 1893

2 PLAC Winnipeg Mb.

1 RESI

2 DATE AROUND 1900

2 PLAC Lundar Mb.

1 RESI

2 DATE 1907

2 PLAC Siglunes Mb.

Note on Husband: Hávarður GUÐMUNDSSON

Dominion Land Grant for NW 2 20 5 W1 given 15 Sept. 1902, just west of Lundar Manitoba

in 1907 sold land and moved to NW Sec1 Twn23 Rng10 w1by Deception Bay on Lake Manitoba and in aprox 1912 bought land just north of NW Sec1 Twn23 Rng10 w1 and that land was on the SW and SE quarter of section 13 township 23 range 10 W1. They lived on the SE quarter.22

Sources

1.

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

2.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

3.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

4.

Hálfdan Helgason, news letter.

5.

Government of Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Canada:.

6.

Government of Canada, Census of Canada, 1891.

7.

Gov. of Canada, Canadian Census 1901, (1901). Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6435.

8.

Ibid.

9.

Government of Canada, Western Land Grants (1870-1930). Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Canada. Call Number: none.

10.

Ancestry.ca.

11.

unknown, Heimskringla.

12.

Icelandic Census 1880.

13.

Later Day Saints, https://familysearch.org.

14.

Icelandic Census 1880. Kirkjuból Heimajörð, Skorrastaðarsókn, Suður-Múlasýsla.

15.

Government of Manitoba, registration of death. 1889-002369.

16.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

17.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1916.

18.

Government of Canada, Canadian Census 1911, (28, 29 and 30th June 1911 Alex Hay).

19.

British Columbia Vital Records: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-236BDA0/index.htm, Vital Event Death Registration.

20.

unknown, Lögberg.

21.

Government of Manitoba, Registration of birth.

22.

Government of Canada, Dominion Land Grant. C-6068. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Canada. Call Number: none.