UPDATE: Completed the 9,000 mile drive 3 mos. journey from SF Bay Area through Portland, Vancouver Isl., Vancouver/Crescent/Bainff/Kelowna,here .http://www.historicmadison.org/Madison%27s%20Past/connectingwithourpast/dudgeon.html http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=header&id=UW.ClassAlbum1876&isize=M
Limestone Farmstead
MAP ) Click here .
Born: Arni Sigvaldason at Búastöðum in Vopnafirði, on 12 May 1847.From Cathy Josephsons C/O Nonni Jonsson
Christening : 13 May 1847 in Hof I Vopnafirdi, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland [7 ]
Emigration : 1873 in Vopnafjörður, Iceland to Milwaukee; Ship: Björg [8 ]
Arrival : 1873; Ships: Björg, Queen (Ak.) [6 ]
Employment :1873 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Worked railroad shops Emmigration Map of Iceland showing Icelandic Locations. Búastöðum is a Farm, not a city or town.
Education : 1876 in Madison, Wisconsin; Student at University of Wisconsin, aka Academy, maybe one year
Residence: 1878 he came to Marshall Minnesota. Homesteaded land in Minnesota.
Married: 1878 Guðrún (Aradóttir) SIGVALDASON, sister of Skafti Arason, Pioneer, Argyle Dist, Canada.
Residence : Abt. 1879 Farmer in Limestone township, Lincoln countysource ] Sec. "8. Significance", p 2, lines 10-14. In the letters looks like Arni as early as 1880 was asking about the various opportunities there. I know he attended a university, but dropped out. Compliments? Rev. Jon Bjarnason. Most know of the two rifts between the church attendees.
Occupation :Limestone township, Lincoln county; office of justice of the peace 16 yrs, Farmer
Politician : Limestone township, Lincoln county; supervisor when the township of Limestone was organized
Residence : Farmer in Minnesota
Occupation: 1898 he was elected to the office of clerk of court of Lincoln county which office he held until his death January 10, 1901.
Residence : Lake Benton in 1899
Medical Condition :cancer of lower lip and throat [4 ] Battle for 15 years, sought best treatment
Death : 10 Jan 1901, 8:30 AM in Lake Benton, Lincoln, Minnesota, USA [3]4 , 5 ]
Burial : Icelandic Cemetery at Lincoln County Lutheran site [4 ]
& Búastöðum in Vopnafirði Jón "eldri" Sigurðsson , father of Sigvaldi JOHNSON, b. 18 May 1791, Bóndi á Grímsstöðum á Fjöllum og Bústöðum í VopnafirðiGuðrún Jónsdóttir , b. 1764, d. 1838 age possibly 48 Source: Halfdan Helgason
Name: Jon RAFNSSON Sex: M Title: Younger Name: Jon Rafnsson (YOUNGER) Birth: ABT 1829 Death: FEB 1871
Note: Jón Rafnsson younger took over the farm Búastöðum in 1861, and was there with Sivgaldi [sic] Jónsson from Hrappstöðum. Sigvaldi grew up at Búastöðum . In 1845 Jón married Rannveig Bjarnadóttir (b.1827), the sister of Ingibjörg, Guðmundur Guðmundsson´s wife. Their children: Katrín Ingibjörg (1858), Bjarni (1859), Stefán (1864), Guðrún Salína (1866), Jón (1871). Katrín likely died young (not included in the 1872 count) - Bjarni (Barney Jones of Minneota, born 18 Feb. 1859 at Krossavík), Stefán and Guðrún went to America. Jón and Rannveig lived at Búastöðum until 1871/2, when Jón died, 41 yrs. old. Rannveig moved from the farm in 1872. The next farmer there was Arngrímur Eymundsson, and working for him was Ólafur Jónsson, 20 yrs., and Guðrún Salína as a ward of the county. It is not known for sure where Rannveig moved. Bjarni and Jón lived with Halldór Jónsson, the priest at Hof in Vopn. Jón drowned in the Hofsá. Bjarni was at Hof until he was twenty, and left for America in 1879. Bjarni married Stefanía Arngrímsdóttir Eymundsson (taking the name Anderson - Ólafur Guðjón and Sigurjón Anderson were her brothers). Stefanía´s grandfather was a brother of Jósef Arngrímsson, father of Arngrímur, Jósef, Ásbjörn, Vigfús, Sigfús.
Arni's Father: Sigvaldi JOHNSON b: 28 NOV 1820 in IcelandSigvaldi Jónsson from Fremri-Hlíð in Vopnafirði moved to Minnesota in 1880. His parents were Jón Jónsson and Sigurbjörg Árnadóttir. Sigvaldi lived in Lincoln County, and moved to Minneota in 1902. - - - - - from the Minneota Mascot, December 25, 1903: Sigvaldi Jonsson died at the home of Mrs Gudrun Sigvaldson, Limestone township , Lincoln county, last Monday. The deceased was 83 years of age, and for the last year or more had been bedridden. He was a native of Iceland but for many years a resident of Lincoln county. , of Marshall, andPaul Sigvaldson , who a part of the time makes his home here. The late Arne Sigvaldson , who at his death held the office of Clerk of Court of Lincoln county, was also a son of the deceased. The funeral took place from the Icelandic church in Lincoln county last Wednesday, Rev B B Jonsson officiating.Source Minneota Mascot, January 11, 1901:
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Page 4 of 8 Monday, March 30, 2009 5:39:57 PMSource Gígja Friðgeirsdóttir Sveinsson is related to Arni Sigvaldson Gígja 'Friðgeirsdóttir' Sveinsson chart to Roy added June 6, 2012 Arnfridur Jonsdottir is born 1823, d. 1860. She is a house-wife at Buastadir in Vopnafjordur. Her husband was Sigvaldi Jonsson, b. June 20, 1820 - farming at Buastadir.Jon Stefansson , b. Dec. 29, 1800 - d. May 14, 1865. He was a farmer and saddlesmith at Egilsstadir and more farmsteads in Vopnafjordur. The mother was Bjorg Thorlaksdottir (1798-1867) later a house-wife at Sirekstadir in Vopnafjordur. They were not married, but Bjorg later married Kristjan Gudmundsson farming at Sirekstadir.Jon Stefansson also married and had at least one son with his wife, Kristin Jonsdottir . ... 20 ]Sveinn Jónsson father was Jón Einarsson, b. Abt. 1730, m. Guðrún Jónsdóttir, b. Abt. 1720. Lineage not researched beyond this point Source . Source . Emigrants had to sell their property, such as sheep, houses, and farms, and take with them only what they could convey as baggage to the nearest seaport, where they awaited the coming of a ship to transport them. The wait often extended into weeks. Some of the ships were very primitive, such as the Queen, which was to take on 165 passengers at Akureyri August 4, 1873. It was mainly designed to transport horses and conditions aboard were so apalling that several emigrants refused to board. Conditions may have improved after the unloading of 230 horses at Aberdeen. SOURCE 13 ]Arni was on the Queen and Borg.2 ) Arni Sigvaldson's Travels from Iceland to parts of America, up to New Iceland, then settles in Minnesota. Here are Roy's Great Grandparents connected thanks to Halfdan Helgason in Iceland, Nelson Gerrard and Kommi Hognason Source
Lincoln Countysource )
Unconfirmed if this deed is our earnest http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3171463&id=I02211 About celebration of the 1st settler, Arni came later in 1878. http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:gZe_ub6-AwEJ:www.vesturfarinn.is/minnsettlement.html+%C3%81rni+Sigvaldason&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us
E.E.C._0013_SCAN My guess is Frank is not born yet, circa might be 1886, which puts them at Limestone. Arni, Gudrun, Skapti, Thora, Julia, and Mary, my GM? Courtesy of the Emily Enns Collection
Arni
1. Skapti Aaron
2. Pall 'Paul' Thorvaldur Sigvaldson
3. Thora Jonina SIGVALDSON
4. Julia G. SIGVALDSON Armstrong, b. 13 Apr 1884
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6. Frank Sigvaldson, b.
7. John E Sigvaldson, b. 15 May 1889
8. Palina 'Pauline' Sigurbjorg SIGVALDSON Armstrong, b. 28 Oct 1893
9. Vigfus Sigvaldson, b. 25 Feb 1894
L.K.C_002a Photographed by Sveinn Magnus of Minneota, c 1898 according to N. Gerrard Courtesy of the Lilja Kernestead Collection L.K.C_001a Courtesy of the Lilja Kernestead Collectio n View Whole Lilja Kernestead Slideshow Collection
FAMILY Arni Sigvaldson (was Sigvaldason with an 'a')
Burial: Icelandic Cemetery at Lincoln County Lutheran siteEntrance . Arni's Gravestone Photo: Valerie Lafrenz
Marriage 1 Gudrun ARRADOTTIR b: 4 MAY 1848 in Iceland. Married: 8 JUN 1878 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (11)Gudrun's Gravestone Photo: Valerie Lafrenz
Children
1. Skapti Aaron Sigvaldson , b: 12 APR 1879 in Limestone Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota . d. 1952
Ck photo this is
Residences: Edmore, ND. Lincoln, Minnesota. Burial: Icelandic Cemetery at Lincoln County Lutheran site . Entrance . Gravestone . Photo taken by Bill Gropel
died: 5 MAR 1903, Limestone Township, Lincoln Co., MN.
Name:
Thora Sigvaldson
Gender:
Female
Death Date:
05 Mar 1903
Death Place:
Lincoln Co. Minnesota
Age:
20
Birth Date:
20 Apr 1882
Birthplace:
Limestone
Occupation:
Farmer
Race:
White
Marital Status:
Single
Father's Name:
Arni Sigvaldson
Father's Birthplace:
Iceland
Mother's Name:
Gudrun Asuson
Mother's Birthplace:
Iceland
B53042-9 , System Origin: Minnesota-EASy , GS Film number: 1320494 , Reference ID: p 31 cn 16
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDCF-D5S
There is also IMG_SCAN_1356_Julia.Henry.Henrietta.PaulineEinarson which is not very good photo, and
Maria 'Mary' Jakobina SIGVALDSON
Roy Christopherson´s Grandmother Mary SIGVALDSON 3 2 Source
6. Frank SIGVALDSON b: 7 MAY 1887 in MN.
"Frank would be to the left of the large Sigvaldson stone if he were buried here. Alice's marker is to the right of the larger Sigvaldson stone. The cemetery office has no record of Frank being interred in Mtn View Cemetery. Gravestone . Burial Place: ?
Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection SIG'S SERVICE TEXACO STATION (Frank and John Sigvaldson) Frank and Alice Sigvaldson who lived there from 1928 to 1962. Frank and his brother John established a successful service station and wholesale oil company at the corner of 5th and Main, which they operated for many years under the name "Sig's Service Station". The station featured Sieberling tires and Texaco products. [22 ]
Laurel Zellner (Mathieson...Teigland...Amundson)24 ]. In Summer of 2014, Roy had the pleasure of meeting Laurel and her mother for lunch. They gave him a copy of
Posted by Kathleen Lawless at
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kmlawless26&id=I189 [23]
Possibly Alice's grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=61017192&PIpi=39348383
ID: I189
Name: Alice Gustina Amundson, a.k.a. Mrs. Frank Sigvaldson
Sex: F
Birth: 8 MAR 1891 in Minnesota
Death: 6 AUG 1932 in Boulder, Colorado 1 of Tuberculosis [age 41]
Occupation: Teacher
Note: CENSUS: 1900 Federal Census, Dist 153, Nordland, Lyon, MN, 6-7 June 1900, p. 207A, sheet 4A, 53/53 [T623_773; ancestry.com i. 7/10]; "Alice AMUNDSON; daughter; born Mch 1891; age 9; single; born MN, father born Norway, mother born WI" Father: Greggar Amundson b: 10 OCT 1850 in Notoden, Telemarken, NORWAY Mother: Anna Marie Furgeson b: 14 DEC 1860 in Winnebago Co, WisconsinMarriage 1 Frank Sigvaldson
Married: 1920 in Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota
Children
Doris Marian Sigvaldson b: 8 SEP 1921The Einarson Green Album ]
Alice Ruth Sigvaldson b: 21 SEP 1923 in MinnesotaBirth: 21 SEP 1923 in Minnesota CENSUS: 1930 Federal Census, Dist 19, Eidsvold, Lyon, MN, 10 Apr 1930, p. 189B, sheet 3B, 66/66 [roll 1105, i. 380.0; ancestry.com i. 6/19]; "Alice SIGVALSON; niece; age 6; single; born MN, parents born MN; none" [in household of Leslie V. Dahl]Alice Ruth Wierson, age 90, joined our Lord on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014. Alice was born to Frank and Alice Sigvaldson in Minneota, Minnesota on September 21, 1923. - See more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/elpasotimes/obituary.aspx?pid=171891928
Internment: Fort Bliss National Cemetery,
5200 Fred Wilson Ave, Fort Bliss, TX 79906
1a or 3. Bill Sigvaldson Passed away
Has sister named Betty
(card from Alice)
IMG_SCAN_1284
Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection
IMG_SCAN_1285 Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection
Sources:
Title: A Pioneer Family, Norway to Minnesota
Greggar Amundson, father of Alice Gustina Amundson
Birth: 10 OCT 1850 in Notoden, Telemarken, NORWAY
Death: 16 FEB 1933 in Lyon Co, Minnesota 1
Baptism: Heddal stave church, Notoden, Telemarken, NORWAY
Father: Amund Olson b: 1811 in Hedall, NORWAY, m. Ragnhild Levson parents of Greggar Amundson
[Wedding of] Sigvaldson-Amundson 17 ]18 ]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnlincol/mnmascotmarrlincoln1919.htm 7. Jon 'John' SIGVALDSON b: 15 MAY 1889 in Limestone Township, Lincoln County, MinnesotaGravestone Photo by Timothy Hess Birth: May 16, 1889, Ivanhoe, Lincoln County, Minnesota, USA. Death: , Aug., 1959, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, USA Source: Findagrave
Birth: May 16, 1889 Ivanhoe Lincoln County Minnesota, USA Death: Aug., 1959 Longmont Boulder County Colorado, USA John Sigvaldson headstone Spouse: Emily Sigvaldson (1895 - 1978) Findagrave
Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection
Colorado Cultural Resource Survey Architectural Inventory Form for 811 5th Avenue Longmont, Colorado :John and Emily Sigvaldson . Members of the Sigvaldson family lived here from the early 1940s until sometime in the 1970s. John Sigvaldson had been born at Ivanhoe, Minnesota on May 16, 1869 [this should be 1889]. He and Emily were married at Cyprus River, Manitoba, Canada on June 15, 1920 where they made their home until coming to Longmont in 1934. John, and his brother Frank, established a successful service station and wholesale oil company at the corner of 5th and Main, which they operated for many years under the name "Sig's Service Station." John later became president of Western American Enterprises, and was a member of the Board of Directors of Rockmont College. He died suddenly, of a heart attack, in August 1959 at the age of 69. Emily continued to live in this house for several more years, until sometime in the 1970s. The Sigvaldsons had at least one child - a son, named Arnie, who was attending Colorado University in the mid-1950s.Findagrave
Spouse: Emily Sigvaldson (1895 - 1978) 859 . NOT 811.
Emily Sigvaldson 7.1 John E Sigvaldson (1922 - 1979) 7.2 Grace Emily Sigvaldson Neiman (____ - 1993)
Spouse: Donald Eugene Neiman Findagrave Spouse: Grace Emily Sigvaldson Neiman (____ - 1993)* This should be: Grace Emily Sigvaldson Neiman-Chartier (1922-1993) Children:John Charles Neiman (1946 - 1992) *Hazel Ella Neiman Quimby (1922 - 1985) *Robert Lee Neiman (1935 - 1996) * Don ran service station Frank owned (E. Enns)Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection
Not sure if relatedKeith Chartier began riding broncs in rodeos at the age of 15 for $1 to $2 a head, called “Mount Money” in the rodeos. He earned $43 at the Cheyenne Wells Rodeo when he was 17. When he was 20, he went to California where they paid more money, and he had a jackpot rodeo every weekend. After being there for two years, he was drafted into the Army. He spent the next three years in the Air Force as a tail gunner on a B-17. Keith flew 50 missions over Germany, Romania and other countries. He was a T-Sgt. and was awarded the Air Meal with two Oak Leaf clusters. After being discharged, he traveled coast to coast rodeoing. He won first in some and placed in some, riding bareback, saddle broncs and bulls, and even bulldogged a few times. He met his wife in California. site , he is not related to Grace? William Ray Chartier born 11/30/1923, married Bette McCalmont 4/5/1944, married Grace Neiman Dec 1973 , married Joanne ?, died 3/28/2010 at Longmont.
Grace Neiman Chartier - Aug 14, 1921 - Sept 25, 1993 is buried in Longmont 40819422 Source
FindagraveGrace Neiman Chartier Source Grace Emily Sigvaldson Neiman-Chartier Parents: Children: Sibling:
7.2.1 John Charles ""Chuckers"" Neiman Son of Grace and DonaldEntrance He has visited Pauline EINARSON Christopherson twice and attended her funeral. "Arnie is graduate chemical engineer for oil company in Calif." (E. Enns). Chevron (letter from Diane)Married: Dianne _____this Photography company ? ) FB ?
Courtesy of The Pauline Einarson Collection Courtesy of The Roy Christopherson Collection
8. Palina Sigurbjorg SIGVALDSON Armstrong b: 28 OCT 1893 in Limestone Township, Lincoln County, Minnesotahttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3171463&id=I02218
Courtesy of the Pauline Einarson Green Album OBIT 8.1 Donna , married to Donald Redpath at Boston. He was Electronics Engineer with Itek of Boston. 8.2 Beverley , wife of Prof. Philip Keddie at the University at Guelph, Ontario. Phil Keddie regarding a Guelph Ont. map"Phillip Keddie, no w retired, was an associate professor of geographya t the University of Guelph where he taught from 1967-1995. He took his B.A. (Honours, Geography) at the University of Manitoba, his M.A. (Geography) at the University of Wisconsin, and his Ph.D. (Geography) at the University of Waterloo. Prior to coming to Guelph, he taught at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and the University of Manitoba. His major areas of research are in agricultural and rural geography with a focus on Canadian and particularly on Ontario topics. "PDF by Phil
His [Arni] earliest elective office was the local post of Justice of the Peace, and then in 1898 he was elected Clerk of Court by the voters of Lincoln county, Lake Benton then preceding Ivanhoe as county seat. Arni and family retained the home farm but he died of cancer in Lake Benton January 10, 1901. Gurdrun Aradottir from the Thineyjarsysla area of northern Iceland, was Arni Sigvaldson's wife, deceased many years ago. The Arason family in the Argyle area, west of Winnipeg were close kin of Gudrun's, her brother, Skafti, settling on a farm near Glenboro; Benedikt, another brother, farmed in the Vidines area in New Iceland, and a sister, Gudny, died in the Argyle settlement March 10, 1901. Pauline - Mrs. Armstrong - was the last of her generation. Of the Sigvaldson's eight children, two died in infancy. Maria Jakobina , who married Gudbrandur Einarsson at Glenboro, Manitoba, died October 12, 1931; Skafti, who remained on the home farm, died September 4, 1952; John and Frank; who were in the gasoline and auto supply business. in Longmont, Colorado, for years, are both dead; John's wife was of the Lundy family at Glenboro, Frank married a daughter of Greggar Amundson of Nordland township, south of Minneota, who died many years ago; his second wife and a son survive in Phoenix, Arizona. Frank started his career in gasoline distribution in Minneota. Roy D. Armstrong, Pauline's husband, died more than a decade ago and interment at Winnipeg was beside the remains of her husband. Pauline was always fondly recalled by contemporaries in the Minneota community, kept in touch with them over the • years and the "welcome sign" was always out at her Winnipeg home for old neighbors and friends, as with others in the community of which she was an íntegral part for so many years. - V.B.Source: From Kommakur Hognason Have scan from paper sent to Roy by Kommi of new Jersey. PDF_0038_sigvaldson_see Info (Obituary for Pauline Sigvaldason Armstrong 1893-1982 Lögberg-Heimskringla 10 Sep 1982 page 6) 6-WINNIPEG, FÖSTUDAGUR 10.
9. Vigfus SIGVALDSON b: 25 FEB 1894 in Limestone Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota rootsweb The Green Album with the Sigvaldasons (John/Frank)9. Vigfus SIGVALDSON b: 25 FEB 1894 in Limestone Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota rootsweb The Green Album with the Sigvaldasons (John/Frank)
Compilation of whole family . Click to enlarge.There is no known photo of Arni, other than Lilja Kernesteads taken after his passing.Disclaimer: Roy combined three photos above to create one family portrait. Courtesy of The Lilja Kernestead Collection
From Vesturfarinn History of Icelanders in the West “The Minnesota Settlement” The First Settler Some of the Oldest Settlers Árni Sigvaldason , Stefán Sigurðsson, Jóhannes Magnússon and Magnús Gíslason. All these men who came in 1878, except Jósef Jósefsson and SS Hofteig, settled in Lincoln County, because others had taken all the land available for homesteading in Lyon County. This same year it could be that seven unnamed families from Vopnafirði also came, and settled in Lincoln County that August. 1879: Björn Gíslason from Haugsstöðum in Vopnafirði (bought land in Lyon County).For a complete copy of this Excerpt, or for more information about the years 1870-1914, contact... : Vesturfarinn Green Album project , which has some Sigvaldsons in it. If family, and you would like to viewThe Green Album with the Sigvaldasons (John/Frank)Posting this to remind myself that an attempt was made at contacting the local Society at Lake Benton in MAR 2009. With so much to do, no time to make a second attempt.
Visit each of their Individual pages at the Family Tree page
VISITING FAMILY FARM - Cousins Tour 2014 ScotishViking.com
stand where Roy was with just one click of the mouse .
COUSINS TOUR 2014 UPDATE: Completed the 9,000 mile drive 3 mos. journey from SF Bay Area through Portland, Vancouver Isl., Vancouver/Crescent/Bainff/Kelowna,here .http://www.historicmadison.org/Madison%27s%20Past/connectingwithourpast/dudgeon.html http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=header&id=UW.ClassAlbum1876&isize=M
Minnisota Farmstead of the Sigvaldsons
Limestone Farmstead MAP ) One of my Holy Grails found during my Cousins 2014 Trip, a photo of Arni, my GM Gudrun, sister of Skafti Arason, also a pioneer, and the start of their family. If any "family" would like a digital copy of this, just let me know.
Near the end of my trip, this awaited me in Montana...Big Skies
Not sure if related.Source
Source
Early Icelanders in Winnipeg XIV http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=356862&pageId=5682771&lang=en&q=Arni%20Sigvaldason Arni Sigvaldason. Arni gat síðar ekki farið; en viS Ólafur tókum Pál Björnsson (Péturssonar frá ValþjófsstaS, systurson Jóns) í hans staS. íslendingar í Wiscon- sin sendu þá bænaskrá til forseta Bandaríkjanna (|U. S. Grant hers- höfSingja) og báSu hann aS styrkja og aSstoSa skoSunarför vora. Svaraði hann því máli vel og léði oss herskip albúið í San Franci.sco til að sigla á til Alaska; var það seglskip og hafSi alls 18 fallbyssur og yfir 200 manns." Skip þetta, sem hér um ræSir hét Plymouth og var notaS sem her- æfingar skip í sjóflota Bandaríkj- anna. Strax eftir fundinn leitaði Jón til Niles með að gjörast milli- gangari í því að sendinefndin fengi styrk til fararinnar, og ókeypis flutning. Kom þá fyrst til greina hvernig flytja skyldi sendimenn- ina frá San Francisco og norður. Grant forseti, er tekið hafði við bænaskránni, er honum var send, vísaði þessu flutningsmáli strax til flotamálaráðuneytisins, með þeim fyrirmælum, að sendi- nefndinni yrði séð fyrir flutningi. Grjört hafSi veriS ráS fyrir aS senda skip þetta norSur til sjómæl- inga, en því var nú frestaS til næsta sumars. í þess stað var á- kveðið að það gerði ferð norður með nefndarmenn, hefði stutta viS- dvÖl, kæmi til baka aftur og undir- byggi svo ferS sína í þenna sjó- mælingaleiSang-ur á næsta ári. Er skýrt frá þessu öllu rækilega í dag- blaSinu New York Sun, í langri fréttagrein, meS fyrirsögninni "Iceland and Alaslca." Þá er og bænarskrá Islendinga til forsetans, auk ýmsra miSur ábyggilegra upp- lýsinga um ísland og íslenzku þjóSina, einnig birt í þessum fréttapistli. Er þess getiS aS undir bænaskrána hafi ritaS 43 manns og þar á meSal sendinefndin. Minst er þar á sendimennina og farið um þá lofsamlegum orðum, og sagt að þeir tali jafnmörgum tungum og þeir telji fingur á báðum höndum! Um sendingu skipsins norður er farið þeim orðum, að það kosti stjórnina ekkert aS flytja sendi- menn norður, en hinsvegar "veiti það skipshöfninni mjög svo tíma- bæra og heilsusamlega æfingu í sjómensku og skips-aga." Fregn- ritarinn gjörir ráð fyrir að skipið muni vera lagt af stað um það leyti sem ritgjörðin birtist. Gjört er ráð fyrir í bænaskránni að dvelja Lögberg - 7. July 1898 The lcelanders of Argyle From the Diary of Skapti Arason (1850-1903) by Herman Arason Source Source Source Source Arni Sigvaldason sagði, að hjer væri að ræða um mál sem væri afar- þyðingarmikið, og að það væri nauð- synlegt að ganga að þessu starfi með miklu fjöri, að kirkjufjelagið ætti strax að setja sig f samband við hin ymsu prestlausu byggðarlög með brjefaskriptum o. s. frv. Sjera N. Steingrfmur Thorláksson sagði, að fyrirlestur forseta kirkjufjel. hefði &tt að vekja menn til umhugs- unar um þetta m&l meðal annars. ísl. hefðu sannarlega veriö í þokunni hvað missfóoar-m&I snerti. t>að or- sakaðist af trúardeyfðinni—þeir, sem ekki hefðu sterka, brennandi trú, sæju ekki,f hvaða skuld þeir væru við bræður sfna í því tilliti að hj&lpa þciin f andlegum efiium.Source rátt fyrir pað.eru margir, sem trúa
pvl að-eitthvað sje hæft 1 pessu, og að páfinn
muni hafa I hyggju að flytja sig burtu. pvi hon-
um er mjög óge&fellt að sitja 1 borginui eptir að-
y'jiðir stjoniariunar, álltur Iianuað 1 Rómaborg
geti ekki verið.tvwr stjórnir, ogpví hljóti annað
hvcrt páfu- eða komuigsstjúrn'm að rýtna.
FRA BANDARIKjrjM.
Minneota Minn. 2-1. marz 1884.
Hinn 22. p. m, var haldiun aukafuudur
Iiins lslenzka framfarafjelags I Minnesota, fundur-
inn var haldinn 1 húsi herx» Arna Sigvaldasonar
og pegarlitið er til pess að fuudardaginn var
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From Nonni Jonsson - Email, 8/8/2009 11:23 AM, DOC_0076_FR Nonni_Sigvaldasons
Árni Sigvaldason vinnumaður 25 Hof 1873 Minnesota Vfs
Árni: f. 12 maí 1847, Búastöðum; d. 10 jan. 1901, Lake Benton, Minn. K.h.: Guðrún Aradóttir frá Þingeyjarsýslu. (Sjá: Símon Páll Sigvaldason)
Mannalát: For.: Sigvaldi Jónsson & Arnfríður Jónsdóttir (d.1860). To Am. 1873, to Minnesota 1878. In 1878, married Guðný Aradóttir of Hringveri, Þingeyjarsýsla. Alm.
Maria Jakobina Parents: Arni & Guðrún Sigvaldason b.23 Dec.1885, c.23 June 1886
Frank Parents: Arni Sigvaldason, Gudrun Aradottir b.7 May 1887, c.18 Sep. 1887
Jon Parents: Arni & Gudrun Sigvaldson b.15 May 1889, c.30 May 1889
Pálina Sigurborg Parents: Arni & Gudrun Sigvaldsson b.28 Oct. 1893, c.26 Nov. 1893
Sigvaldi Jónsson [Johnson] & Arnfríður Jónsdóttir Family Lincoln County in Minnesota, and was one of the first Icelanders in the western settlement; that was in 1878. He was a much-valued leader there until his death, in both visionary and in practical matters, and a supporter in most community matters in his area.
His [Arni's] brother was Sigurður Sigvaldason , known by most Western Icelanders; was well-educated and a teacher for many years, but in later years worked as a missiouary and sold bibles. He was said to be a natural at this kind of work. He traveled many times to Iceland, and died there at a nursing home in Reykjavík some years ago. He was a beloved and intelligent man.
Árni´s wife was Guðrún nee Aradóttir [Sigvaldson ] from Þingeyjarsýsla, sister of Benedikt [Arason] of Kjalvík in the Víðines settlement of New Iceland, of Skafta [Arason] who was a pioneer in New Iceland and Argyle, and Guðný who died at Argyle 10 Mar. 1901.María Jakobína , who married Guðbrandur Einarson of Glenboro, died 12 Oct. 1931;Skafti died 4 Sept. 1952.Pall Thorvaldur, M, Born: 10 Aug 1880, Christening: 19 Apr 1881, Source: http://genealogytrails.com/minn/lincoln/births.html]Sigurdur Sigvaldason
Sigurdur Sigvaldason 00-00-1873 10-02-1937 was Grund Northeast. (Former farmer?). Source ]Þorkell Sigurjónsson here !Loose Translation:Sigurdur Sigvaldason . He usually sat on the steps of shopping in downtown and called for fellow citizens ; " Compact word of God . Jesus Christ in calf leather for a single cent. " There sat this elderly man like foldgnátt mountain and offered holy books for sale . He was great to vallarsýn , extremely fat , little toe and kjagaði one step. Black fur shelter followed him , which was trodden scriptures and other word of God . Many became anticipation of this bolmikla man and wondered , how fat he was. Few people suspected , however, that body fat missionary was different and higher than the world origin flesh. He was named Sigurd Sigvaldason , Western Icelander spent years in U.S. and Canada and predicted in the holy word, but was now in the Austurstraeti small believed and preached the gospel to their countries . Lincoln province Minnesota State . Then he saw a white cloud , which aims to meet him and pretends he see that it is not of the earthly world.
Sigurdur Sigvaldason
Does it answer the same language : I am the Prince of Life and Death!
Sigurd was now available in the cloud and waited , hearing the sound of your voice going to and fro and Jesus Christ says mean , but clearly in English ; I Forgiven ! , Ie I 'm sorry. After this speech from the cloud , disappeared Sigurd both sin and sorrow and stands for a moment and lets re- birth shivering respectively. Then it happens that the cloud is wadding into it , but the cloud was so much, it discovered not everything inside. Sigurdur so filled with the Holy Ghost, and saw himself on the inside . Since there was heavenly tenderness and peace , became as water became calm cream calm look . When the Spirit had come in handy for , he said repeatedly in English. Thank God , thank God , and seemed glad to see that , having received the same location in the body Icelanders. Became the holy landlord frenzy aðsópsmikill of salvation, that he ran blubber in a short time and gained weight from 164 pounds ( 82kg. ) at 238 pounds. Never amaðist Sigurd with the honor its neighbors , the other covering. He was never happier in his life after the Holy Spirit had chosen , he will to íverustaðar . In 1903 the Lord commanded him to leave everything and follow him and went Sigurd around and preached the gospel . There was plenty to do , in the spirit nauðaði Sigurd that he would give away his house , which he did. The spirit was sometimes pretty petty to sambýlismann time , such as when he forbade Sigurd to get coffee and donuts in a house catering , but he had not eaten any breakfast. After some fullest adopted the spirit of Sigurd could get milk and donuts . The explanation was that the spirit knew it, that Sigurd would veil the heart and hence he asked God to take hjartakvillann , which he did . After that Sigurd drank coffee night and day all his life and had never harm . Benefits Sigurd after giving their belongings , was more often than not , the sad , so that the Holy Spirit ordered him to sell Bibles for subsistence , for one who preaches not survive in the word. It was generally believed that Sigurd Lurd in several funds from Bible sales. Two distinguished fellow Sigurd visited him in Winnipeg and asked him lend themselves 10 bucks . Asked Sigurd then lingers , while the deviation of the bearing and the complaint under Lord . They Kumpáni hear Sigurd following: There are here two young Icelanders , Lord you recognize them ? Silence . - Sigurd , what do you say the Lord does not know them , slight silence and Sigurd said I suspected it, you would recognize them . They are talking to borrow 10 bucks from us . What do you say ? Will now return some silence : Now, it is totally afsvar , does not suggest any issues. Well , I will then say to them , and be blessed my Lord . Sigurd then comes back in the room , shook his head and blurted out told the young men . Sorry boys , my Lord refuses to lend this 10 bucks . Granting they so holy man , but he told them to go to God alone. In this way, the business sector operated double home Sigurd Sigvaldason and the Holy Spirit here on earth. Memorabilia men and touchy spot . ]
Halldór Pétursson
Sigurður Sigvaldason, bóksali http://safneign.listasafnreykjavikur.is/is/verk/LR-0928
Sigurdur Sigvaldason
OAS
1896-11-24
1946-10-01
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Sigurdur Sigvaldason
OAS
1896-11-24
1946-11-15
1966-11-30
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No idea is one in paragraph 2 is same? Source
No idea is one in paragraph 2 is same?The Immigrant Ghost Paul Simon Sigvaldason Betel Home [Gimli, MB] 10 Sept. 1928, 75 years old, religious and gentle, according to séra Sigurður Ólafsson. Most of his life was spent in Minnesota. Source [14 ] From Cathy Josephson C/O Nonni Jonsson [Paul Simon Sigvaldason Died at home gamalmnna Bethel at Gimli, on the 10th. sept. , Paul Simon Sigvaldason , just over 75 years of age. He was born in a rapidly Expect Vopnafjördur North Múlasýsla, and his parents were Sigvaldi Jonsson and Arnfnður Jónsdóttir, is long lived Expect rapidly. He came to America in 1876, lived first in Winnipeg, but later most of the íslendmgabygðinni in Minneota, or the environment, with his relatives. He was the brother of Sigvaldason farandprédikara and booksellers (Note by Roy: Pall's brother Sigurdur wrote books and sold Bibles). Paul was blind the last æfiarin. Paul was delicate in nature, and unfit for the struggle of life, trúhneigður and neat in the tunnel u all. Source ] http://books.google.com/books/about/Gu%C3%B0_minn_Gu%C3%B0_minn_hv%C3%AD_hefir_%C3%9E%C3%BA_yfir.html?id=ISnIHAAACAAJ
In Heimskringla, 8 Feb. 1906, said that Sigurður Sigvaldason, Árni´s brother, had recently given the newspaper $100 to be given to the leprosy hospital in Iceland. – SÍV
Hi Roy and Lilja,Páll Sigvaldason 1853Gudrun Unknown N 07-11http://www.gimli.ca/assets/cemetary%20pblc%20rprt%202008.pdf From: Roy Christopherson <roychristopherson@att.net>To: lmacaula@mts.netCc: Kormakur Hognason <khognason@yahoo.com>Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 3:08:13 AMSubject: Re: [Fwd: Páll Sigvaldason]lmacaula@mts.net wrote:
1880 US Census-Lincoln County, Minnesota - Limestone:
1885 Minn. Census-Lincoln Co. – Limestone:
1895 Minn. Census-Lincoln Co. – Limestone:| End DOC 0076, Nonni Jonsson
SOURCES:http://www.vesturfarinn.is/EmYear.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnlincol/Icelanders/Icelanders.htm Unconfirmed if this in deed is our earnestSource
About celebration of the 1st settler, Arni came later in 1878. Source
OBITUARY FOR MR. SIGVALDSON from the Minneota Mascot, January 11, 1901: [Roy added paragraph breaks] Arnie Sigvaldson Clerk of Court of Lincoln County Died Yesterday Arnie Sigvaldson died at Lake Benton at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning, from cancer of the lip and throat. This was the sad but for some time expected news wired from the county seat of Lincoln county, yesterday forenoon.came to America in 1873 , and located at Milwaukee, Wis. He spent some time as a student in the academic department of the University of Wisconsin. On June 8, 1878, he married Miss Gudrun Arason, and the same year came to Minnesota, making his home on the then barren prairies of Lincoln county. A hard worker, steady and industrious, he made a success of farming, and at his death owned one of the best farms in Lincoln county. In the election of 1898, Mr Sigurdson was elected to the office of Clerk of Court of Lincoln County, and since entering upon the discharge of the duties of that office, in January, 1899, has been a resident of Lake Benton. To make use of a common expression, Mr Sigvaldson was a man whom everybody liked. In the ability to gain and hold the confidence and respect of his fellow men he had few equals. A born leader of men, actuated at all times by the highest Christian motives, his advice was sought and followed and his example emulated by all who had the good fortune of coming under the indulgence of this excellent character. In his house Mr Sigvaldson was an ideal husband and father. His was in every sense of the word a model Christian home and all who partook of the hospitality there so generously dispensed, could be but impressed with the fact that their host's was a model household.
Only known photo of Arni Sigvaldson Arni Sigvaldson memorial photo probably taken before his cancer treatments according to Nelson Gerrard .
But there is another side of his character which helped to make him the popular leader of his community, and that was his ever cheerful disposition. Seldom did Mr Sigvaldson indulge in frowns, but on the contrary, always greeted his friends and acquaintances with a smile that showed its owner was a man who preferred to lead his fellow men to view life with a hopeful spirit. In church affiliations, Mr Sigvaldson was a Lutheran, being a member of the Icelandic church of that denomination in Lincoln county. In church matters he was a sincere, untiring and hard worker and the congregation of which he was a member, as well as the other congregations of the same nationality in this neighborhood, will long miss his encouraging voice and wise counsel from their deliberations.Mr Sigvaldson was "one of nature's noblemen." A wife and seven children are left to mourn a beloved husband and father. The funeral will take place tomorrow from Lake Benton, and the remains interred in the Icelandic cemetery of the Icelandic church, located near the Sigvaldson farm. If the [missing words] from here intend to go on to attend the funeral. The funeral services at the church will begin at one o'clock p m. Hundreds of mourning friends will gather to pay their respects to the memory of this loved comrade, who has gone from the church militant to the church triumphant, and to deposit in its last resting place the earthly habitation of a soul that has joined the rejoicing hosts in realms of everlasting life. [15 ] Arni Sigvaldson, Mary's father had a throat in his lump, but my sister [Roy's sister] says it was from chew tobacco not family disorder.Pgs 79-80 .
New resource from Lilja Kernestead . She emailed three pages out of a book which mentions Triggvi Arason and Gudbrandur Einarson . [16]
English translation by cousin Cathy Ann Josephson , Vopnafjörður, 2003.Gunnlaugur Pétursson , born at Hákonarstöðum in Jökuldal on 10 Sept. 1830 [19 ] source
On 4/24/2011 10:23 AM, Lilja Kernested wrote:
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From Cathy Josephson C/O Nonni Jonsson
