| 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 | 1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne |
![]() | ![]() | Torfi Jónsson b.1806 Hofteigssókn, A. A. d.1885 | |||||||
| Maria Bjarnadottir b.1886 Dver, Norður-Múlasýsla d.1923 Siglunes, Mb. | Bjarni Torfason b.1850 Hjalt, Norður-Múlasýsla d.1926 Gimli, Mb. | ||||||||
| Sigurður Bjarnason b.1888 Dver, Norður-Múlasýsla d.1964 Vancouver B.C. | ![]() | María Bjarnadóttir b.1826 Hjaltastaðarsókn, A. A. d. | |||||||
| Una Sveinbjorg Bjarnadóttir b.1891 Seyðisfjörður, Iceland d.1961 Winnipeg, M.b. | ![]() | ||||||||
| John Karl Torfason b.1899 Winnipeg, Mb. d.1981 Gimli, Mb. | |||||||||
![]() | Katrín Gissurardóttir b.1862 Kálfafellsstaðarsókn, Austur-Skaptafellssýsla d.1934 Gimli, Mb. | ||||||||
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