THE THORDARSON FAMILY TREE

Compiled by Vickie Lee Timmers (nee Thordarson)

My Father's side:

My Father's Mother was born Oddny Indiana Jonsdottir (sometimes incorrectly recorded as Jonsson or Jonasson...see below).  Oddny's family history is as follows:

Oddny's Grandparents (my great-great-grandparents) were:

** Jonas Kristjansson, a farmer in Hringur, Blonduhlid, Iceland.  Died approx. 1882.  He was married to Kristrun Kristjansdottir.  There were (at least) two sons, Jon Jonasson, and Olafur Jonasson:

A.   Jon Jonasson was born July 23, 1857 at Thvera in Blonduhlid, Skagafjardarsysla.  He died March 7, 1922.  A farmer.  He  never left Iceland.  In 1890, he married Gudrun Thora Thorkelsdottir, a midwife and one of the few educated women in Iceland at the time,  born March 6, 1859.  They lived on a farm named Thorleifsstadir in Skagafjordur.  I believe this may have been Jon's second wife.  She died November 5, 1933 (I believe) or 1935 (records differ).

Jon and Gudrun had eight children, all born/raised in Akureyri.   However, there is a question that the first two, Rognvaldur and Johannes, may have been children from either Jon's or Gudrun's previous marriage.  Also worthy of note is that Gudrun had a sister by the name of Oddny Indiana who died as a young child.  And note that Gudrun had a younger brother named Zophonias Thorkelsson who had travelled to Canada prior to Oddny, and had made his fortune making wooden packing boxes.  It is felt that it may have been Zophonias who met Oddny when she arrived in Canada.  Gudrun also had a sister named Jorunn who moved to the US, as well as a sister Svanfridur who moved to Canada and married a man named Gudmundur Eriksson (or Eiriksson), an architect in Vancouver.  (I am still researching this, but I believe he was the father or grandfather of Arthur Erikson, a very well known architect in Canada, indeed the architect for the building that my daughter Gwilyn works in, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vancouver).

The eight children were:

1. Rognvaldur Jonsson (male), born Sept.17, 1884.  Lived in Saudarkrokur.  He married Sigridur Arnadottir.  There were at least two children, Arni and Inga.

2. Johannes Jonsson (male), born July 2, 1888, a farmer in Thorleifsstadir.  He married Malfridur Benediktsdottir.

3. Oddny Indiana Jonsdottir (my grandmother), born per the official records from Iceland on July 12, 1891, but  from the Los Angeles County Death Record, born on June 12, 1891.  She sailed with two girlfriends to Canada at the age of twenty-one (in 1912).  In those days, most Icelandic immigrants arrived via Montreal. I have not yet found her name on a ship's manifesto, so it is unclear what name she traveled under. For simplicity and as so many did, she may have changed her name to Jonsson after her father's name, or Jonasson after her grandfather's name at that time.  In Iceland, Oddny was raised within the Lutheran church.

There are two, and only two stories given regarding why Oddny elected to travel to Canada at the age of nineteen.  Relatives in Iceland have always believed that she traveled due to severe bronchial problems, possibly tuberculosis, which would be relieved with warmer and drier climate, and of course poverty/illness in Iceland at the time was severe.   Oddny herself, consistently gave an account that God had spoken to her at the age of fourteen, telling her to travel to America.  One way or the other, her parents were evidently not in approval of the move.

In Canada, she made her way to Winnipeg where she met and married in approximately 1916, Andres Gudmunder Thordarson, (my grandfather),  born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on September 10, 1892.  Andres was the son of Gudmundur Peter Thordarson and Johanna Sigurdardottir (see Andres'[my father's father's history] below).

Oddny was a skilled cook and seamstress.  Andres was an auto mechanic and a spirited fiddle player, playing for parties, dances and get-togethers. Oddny died May 6, 1980.  She is interred at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills (Murmuring Trees section).  Andres died January 16, 1979.  He is interred at Ocean View Cemetary, Vancouver, BC.

 Oddny and Andres had four children:

 a) Victor Holmsteinn (my father, who later legally changed his middle name to James),  born in Winnipeg, November 16, 1917.  Victor died August 1, 2010 at the age of 92.  Victor married Thruda Lillian Backman (my mother), born December 8, 1919, daughter of Kristjan Jens Backman and his wife Sigurlina (nee Johnson).  Thruda died December 17, 2011 at the age of 92.  Victor and Thruda were married on October 30, 1943 in Manasquan, New Jersey, where Victor was stationed at a forces' base. Victor ran his own television sales and service shop until retirement  in Winnipeg.  He acquired his electrical trade from his enlistment with the U.S. Army 222nd Signal Corps and was a veteran of the Second World War. Victor was a member of the Beaver Masonic Lodge and also a member of the Khartum Temple Shriners Skooter Patrol.  Thruda obtained her Music Degree at University of Toronto; and music was her life long love. She became a very well respected piano teacher, teaching many students as they advanced through their examinations. Along with music, her loves were singing, dancing, poetry, and her pets. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the lights of her life. Vic and Thruda had two daughters:

            i) Vickie Lee (me), born July 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, California.  A Registered  Nurse.  Married Shannon Farrell Timmers, son of Barney and Frieda Timmers, born March 4, 1946, now divorced.  They had one daughter, Gwilyn Kelly Timmers, born December 30, 1975 in Lethbridge, Alberta.

            ii)  JoAnn Ruth, born December 23, 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.   A Dental Assistant and Dental Educator.  Married Samuel Ross Shields. They had three children all born in Winnipeg, Casie Lee, born August 8, 1977, Tyler Ross, born April 9, 1980, and Daniel Patrick, born May 11, 1985.

 b) Clara Johanna Thordarson, born in Winnipeg March 14, 1919. Died on June 27, 2013 at the age of 94 at her home in Montrose, California.  Clara retired after 28 years as a Data Service Supervisor for the City of Los Angeles.  In her later years, she worked for her son, Ron, at his company in Burbank, CA (Fuller Manufacturing, Inc).  Clara is buried at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills (Murmuring Pines area).  Married Arthur Fuller (who passed away March 30, 2008 in Cory, Colorado) on May 2, 1942, and divorced March 15, 1952.  They had three children:

            i) Eric Grant Fuller, born on September 15, 1943, married to Ellen Marie (nee McGrew), born on January 9, 1944.  They have two sons, Terry Bruce, born February 20, 1964 and Kurt Scott, born July 9, 1967 in Glendale, California.   Terry is married to Diane, and they have twin boys, Samuel John and Matthew Eric, born December 23, 2001.   Terry and Diane live in Virginia.  Kurt is married to Robin Jo (nee McDonald), born September 1, 1965.  They have two children, Jessica Kelli, born March 2, 1993, and Jonathan Eric, born May 18, 1994.  Kurt is a minister and Robin is a substitute teacher for several private schools. 

            ii) Ronald Arthur Fuller, born September 13, 1944, married to Marcia Edith (nee Kurtz), born on May 31, 1944.  They have three children, Lisa Marie, born February 7, 1967, Janelle Louise, born November 8, 1971, and a son, Brad Aaron, born July 5, 1983.  Ron is the President of his corporation in Burbank, California.  Lisa is a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.  She and her husband, Richard C. Mesa, February 3, 1967, have three children - a son Jacob Tyler, born November 20, 1990, and twin daughters, Sarah Johanna and Karley Gabrielle, born June 9, 1994.  (Note:  Jacob is Oddny's first great-great-grandson).  Richard is a film engineer.  Janelle married Nathan Jackson February 6, 2005, and have a baby girl (Grace) born in 2006 and a son, Tyler.  She and Nathan live in Schofield, Wisconsin. Brad also lives in Wisconsin near Janelle and is working in the IT industry.

            iii) Pamela Cheryl Norton (nee Fuller), born December 8, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA, married Richard Edwin Norton Jr., on February 25, 1967. Richard was born June 8, 1944 in Los Angeles and graduated from Occidental College in 1966.   They have three children. David Matthew was born June 13, 1968 at Tripler Army Hospital  in Hawaii (Dick was drafted into the US Army Security Agency in April 1967 and stationed at the Helemano Miliary Reservation in Oahu). Chris Raymond was born in Glendale, CA on June 6, 1970.   Debra Jean was born in Burbank, CA on May 28, 1987.   Pam retired from the Burbank Unified School District.  Richard retired in 2000 from the United States Treasury Department after 34 years, and currently has his own tax resolution and consultation company.

             David was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff for over 12 years before retiring.  He is an Associate Pastor in Antelope Valley. David is married to Lisa Linda (nee Storey), born November 7, 1971 and they have two daughters - Brianna Lynn, born January 6, 1993,  and Kristin Leanne, born October 10, 1994.  (Note: Brianna is Oddny's first great-great-granddaughter).  Bri married Chris Polgar at a beautiful wedding in the summer of 2015.  She and Chris have two children - a son, Landon Joseph Polgar,  born December 17, 2016, and a daughter, Rylie Lynn Polgar, born July 18, 2018.

            Chris is at IT specialist working for the LA Unified School District.  He is married to Christina Marie (nee Gunn), born June 18, 1969.  Chris was previously married to Cindy Christine (nee Amundson),  and has two boys by that marriage: Devin Tyler, born July 27, 1993, and Stephen Levi, born December 26, 1995.  Chris and Christina adopted on September 13, 2010, a baby girl they had cared for as a foster child since she was 1 day old!  Hannah Faith Norton was  born in August 2009.  They adopted another beautiful baby girl - Sophia Grace Norton - a couple of years later.

             Debra graduated from California State University - Northridge (CSUN) with her degree in professional accounting.  Debbie was married on February 28, 2016 to James Van Horn at the beautiful and historic Padua Hills Theatre in Claremont, CA.  They have two  sons - Kaden Hayes Van Horn - born April 20, 2018, and Colton James Van Horn, born May 14, 2021.

 c) Franklin Walter, born in Winnipeg, July 9, 1921.  Skilled carpenter by trade, and a  bachelor.  Died August 8, 1988.  Frank is interred at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills (Murmuring Trees Section). 

In 1923 or 1924, Oddny, Andres, the three children (Victor,  Clara and Frank) along with Andres' youngest brother, Emil, traveled by motor vehicle from Winnipeg to resettle in Los Angeles where a fourth child (Herbert) was born.

 d) Herbert Ray, born in Los Angeles, August 12, 1928.  A Communications Engineer.   Married Marion Ruth Jones, born May 18, 1929, on August 12, 1949 in Los Angeles.   Marion passed away on February 10, 2014.  They had two children:

                    i) Penny Jean, born December 30, 1949 in Los Angeles.  A Corporate Saleswoman.   Married Michael Curtis.  They had two sons, Ryan Michael Curtis, born July 3, 1971, and Chad Wayne Curtis, born August 6, 1974.    Ryan married Christine and they have a daughter Kailey, born July 7, 1998 in Redding, California.  Chad married Jennifer Robbins, born May 8, 1975.

                    Penny Jean is currently married to Douglas Eaton, born in Madison, Wisconsin, on May 16, 1942.  

                    ii) Daniel Ray, born April 6, 1955 in Los Angeles.   Dan retired from Northrup/Grumman Aviation.  Married Judy Saunders, born March 26, 1955 in New York.  They have two sons, Trevor, born November 9, 1980 and Kyle born October 23, 1983.

 Oddny and Andres' marriage ended in divorce (in 1928?  I have no documentation as yet).  Through church affiliations, Oddny traveled  to Ronald, Washington to a place called Big Boulder Camp where she had a fifth child with Robert Hilton.  (At the time of this writing, I am still researching Mr. Robert Hilton).

e) John James, born in Ronald, Washington , July 23, 1929, and passed away July 23, 2018 on his birthday at age 89.  John was a carpenter-special effects-pyrotechnician.  He did fire and explosives in the movies as well as special effects.  Married Sheila Mary Million (daughter of James William Million and Rhona (nee Gledhill - born in England)) on June 4, 1949 in Glendale, California.  Sheila passed away in 2012.   They had two children:

                    i) Tim William, born  March 4, 1954 at Travis Air Force Base, California.  Married Sally Patrice Cook, born January 18, 1952 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on June 29, 1974 in Van Nuys, California.  They had two children, Ryan Joseph, born March 27, 1977, and  Melissa Noel, born December 5, 1979.  They currently live in Hawaii.

                    ii) Linda Kay, born October 12, 1956.  Linda has three children.   Brian Michael James was born February 13, 1977.   (Father deceased).  For medical reasons, Linda was unable to raise Brian, so John and Sheila adopted Brain and raised him as their own son.  Linda married Ernesto Brijil, born December 26, 1956, and had two more children, a daughter Rebecca Kay, born March 18, 1980, and a son, Daniel Ernesto, born July 2, 1986.

4. Thorkell Jonsson (male), born October 10, 1893, a farmer at Midsitja, Skagafjardarsysla and later in Siglufjordur.  His first wife was Una Gunnlaugsdottir.  His second wife was Joninna Sveinsdottir, a midwife.  There was (at least) one daughter, Helga, who had a daughter Alma.  Helga and Alma visited Oddny in LA, possibly in the 1960s.

5. Sigridur Helga Jonsdottir (female), born October 12, 1895 in Hjaltastadahvammur in Blondhulid. Lived in Akureyri.  She married Egill Tomasson, born December 9, 1890 in Bakki, in Oxnadalur.  He died November 23, 1960.

 Sigridur and Egill had three children:

          a). Holmsteinn Skagfjord Eglisson, born April 30, 1915, an engineer in Akureyri.  He married Margaret Sveinbjornsdottir.  Died 1995.  They had four children, Erla (female), Hugrun (female), and Holmi (male), and Margret (female), all living in Akureyri.

          b). Jon Eysteinn Egilsson, born September 16, 1917, retired director of the Akureyri bus company.  He married Margret Gisladottir, born August 6, 1924 in Norfjordur, on September 17, 1944.  Jon died September 24, 1996.  They had four children all born in Akureyri:

                    i) Gisli, born June 28, 1945, married in 1966 to Thorunn Kolbeinsdottir, born August 23, 1943.  They have three children, Kolbeinn, born 1966 (and who has a daughter Bara, born 1994), now divorced.  Margret, born December 29, 1969, who has three children, Thorunn, born 1989, Kristinn, born 1993, and Gisli, born 1995, now divorced.  And Jon Egill, born January 6, 1972, married to Erla Matthiasdottir, who have a son Kristofer, born 1966.

                      ii) Fanny, born June 1, 1947, married to Gardar Viborg, born in Reykjavik in 1951.  Fanny is a special education teacher, and Gardar is a child psychologist in Malmo, Sweden.  They have three children, Nordur, born in 1971, Tomas, born in 1975, and Margret Sigridur, born in 1982.

                     Fanny recalls visiting Oddny in LA in 1968.  [Fanny has provided a great deal of the family information].

                    iii) Egill, born May 30, 1949, a dentist in Akureyri. Married Herdis Maria Julisdottir, a nurse, born August 6, 1949 in Akureyri. [Egill has been another great source of family tree information.]   They had three
children, Maria, born April 18, 1970,  living with husband Sigridur Bjarnason, born January 1, 1970 in Olafsfjordur.  Maria and Sigridur had three children, Herdis Maria, born 1990, Sigmar Bjarni, born 1993, and Helga Sigridur, born 1998.  Egill and Herdis' other two children are Julia, born April 21, 1977, and Jon Gisli, born December, 1986.

                    iv) Sigridur, born August 10, 1951, married Hauker Margeirsson in 1970.  They had one son, Jon Baldur, born January 15, 1070.  Sigridur and Hauker divorced in 1978, and she remarried to Stefan Blucher, born in Sweden in 1957. They have a daughter, Ida Maria, born in 1984.  They live in Sweden.


          c). Johann Tomas Egilsson, born August 19, 1926 in Akureyri, as postal clerk and cashier in Akureyri.  He married Bjorn Jonsdottir.  They had three children, Sigridur Dora, Egill,  (living in Reykjavik) and Orn (living in Copenhagen).

6. Jonas Petur Jonsson (male), born March 21, 1898.  Unmarried, no children. Known as Petur, he visited California and Canada 1928 - 1930.  Died (?tuberculosis)  in Iceland in the 1930s.

7. Holmsteinn Jonsson (male), born August 12, 1899.  Died approx age 20 of tuberculosis.

8. Ingveldur Jonsdottir (female), born July 22, 1902.  Unmarried, no children.  Died as a youth of tuberculosis.


B.    The other known son of Oddny's grandparents (Oddny's uncle) was Olafur Jonasson, born September 24, 1870 (or September 11, 1871..records differ)...  Note, there were 13-14 years between Oddny's father Jon and his brother Olafur.  This suggests that there may be others in between the two......

Olafur was a general farmer, sheep, horses, hay.  Married Helga Margret Sigridur Jonasdottir on November 6, 1894.  They moved to Canada in 1900.  Bought a farm in Arnes, Manitoba (where many Icelanders settled), and named the farm Djupidalur or Floanum.  (They named their farms.) Olafur lost an eye in a hunting accident around age 21, and after that he always wore a black eye patch.  Olafur sold his farm to his son Valdi in 1938.  Helga died March 27, 1932 or 1934 (records differ).  Olafur died September 9, 1949 in Betel Home in Gimli, Manitoba.. Their four children were:

1. Jonas Gisli Olafsson, born August 24, 1895 in Djupidal, Iceland.  Married Thura Johnson in June 1930.  Thura was the daughter of Gudrun Thorvalsdon.  Jonas, with his wife, his wife's mother, his cousin Peter (Oddny's brother), and his father visited Iceland in 1930 for the Thousandth Anniversary of the Althing, the first parliament in Iceland, and probably the first democratic parliament in the world.

2. Oli (Olafur?) Jonasson (note, why Jonasson rather than the correct Olafsson?..becoming westernized?), born September 3, 1903 in Selkirk, Manitoba.  Died December 18, 1961.

3. Eirikur Valdemar Jonasson (again, why not Olafsson?) , born January 21, 1908 at Arnes, Manitoba in a tiny log home.  "Valdi" married Helga in 1938.  He was a farmer in Arnes.

4. Thorey Kristrun Jonasson, born January 21, 1908 at Arnes in the same tiny log home.  Married Fred Tommila in approximately 1936.  Fred was a farmer in Elma, Manitoba. He died in 1993.  Thorey died February 14, 1999.  (Thorey and Oddny kept close communication. But to confuse the family tree, Thorey referred to Oddny as "Auntie Oddny", rather than the correct "Cousin Oddny".)   Thorey and Fred had four children:

          a) Grace Helga, married Ivan Bjorklund in 1958, a mechanic for a pulp and paper company in Ignace, Ontario.  Grace and Ivan have four children, Naomi, Zoe, Tim and Peter, all  married, and have five grandchildren.  [Grace has provided some family information].

          b) Willard, married Linda, works for Manitoba Hydro in Winnipeg, and continues to work the family farm in Elma.  They have a son, David.

          c) Dorothy, married Kenny, a grain farmer in Seven Sisters, Manitoba.  They have two daughters, Kendra and Annette.

          d) Gloria, married David Poitras.  David works in the oil fields in Carduff, Saskatchewan. They have two children, Tina and Kara.

My Father's Father was born Andres Gudmundur Thordarson.    "Andrew's" family history is as follows:

Andres' Great-grandparents (my great-great-great-grandparents) were:

**Jon Petursson ,a farmer on Engey in Iceland.  His wife was Gudrun Thordardottir.

They had (at least) one son:

Thordur Jonsson (my great-great-grandfather), born October 15, 1836, a farmer on Engey (near Reykjavik), and later a ship builder in Bjarg, Reykjavik and Grotta, Seltjarnarnesi.  He married Gudrun Gudmundsdottir,  born September 8, 1835.  Thordur died May 2, 1913. Gudrun died November 21, 1871, a week after her eighth child was born.  Their eight children were:

1. Jon Thordarson, born October 23, 1858 on Engey, as island near Reykjavik. He was skipper on a boat or boat's captain.  He married Vigdis Magnusdottir.

2. Gudmunder Petur Thordarson (my great-grandfather), born July 23, 1861 on Engey.  Gudmunder moved to Canada in 1887, where he worked as a baker in Winnipeg. He met and  married Johanna Sigurdardottir,  born in Iceland May 12, 1864, on November 8, 1890. (Johanna is my great-grandmother.  I'm still trying to find out more about her, but I actually remember meeting her....lovely lady!)  They had ten children:

          a). Gudridur Agusta, born August 3, 1891.  Died March 3, 1898.

          b). Andres Gudmunder, (my grandfather) born September 10, 1892. He married my grandmother, Oddny Indiana Jonsdottir, or Jonsson, or (incorrectly) Jonasson?...).   For the story of Oddny and Andrew and offspring, refer to Oddny, above.

Following his divorce from Oddny, Andrew returned to Winnipeg where he met and married on February 29, 1931,  Beata "Beatrice" Wildeman.   They had two daughters (who are Victor, Clara, Frank and Herb's half sisters):

            i)    Marilyn Joan ("Joan"), born April 2, 1935, married Brian Richard Bennett in 1955, divorced in 1965.  They had two daughters, Laura Lynn, born 1958, married to Fred Dean Martin.  Her children are Krista Leigh and Brandon Alexander.  Her other daughter is Cheryl Anne, born in 1961.  She and her spouse, Gary Flett, have two children, Darla Nicole and Cody William.

            ii)`Grace Margaret, born March 29, 1941, married Horst Feige.  Grace has a daughter Tracy (with children Gavin and Kyle).

The family moved to British Columbia in 1943.  Andrew died January 16, 1979.  Beatrice died in 1999.  Both are interred at Ocean View Cemetary, Vancouver, BC.

          c). Gabriella "Bella" Sigurlin, born July 11, 1894.  Married to Harold Wieneke.  They had two sons, Frank and Ralph, and a daughter, Evelyn, who was a friend of my mother, and who introduced Victor and Thruda.  Here's an interesting tidbit.  The Icelandic poet laureate of the time (and I have not found out who he was), was smitten with Bella, and wrote a rather famous ode to her called “Til Gabriellu" for her.....  Still researching that....

         d). Clara Emelie, born October 6, 1895.  Died September 4, 1896.

         e). Emil Victor, known as Victor, born June 20, 1897.  Died approx. 1907.

          f). Thorunn Luvisa "Lulu" Gudlief, born July 14, 1899.  She married William Hawcroft and they had a son, Brian.  They resided in Winnipeg.

         g). Gustav Hannes, born May 16, 1901.  Died in infancy.

         h). Augustine "Bonnie" Gudrun, born May 11, 1903.  She married Charles 'Chuck" Lawdon.  They had two sons, Bruce and Lorne.  She died in 1947.

          i). Kristjana Laura "Auntie Laura," born November 7, 1905.  She married Howard "Nick" Nicholls.         She died Nov. 14, 2000.

          j). Emil, born April 5, 1907.  Named for his brother Emil who died the same year (see above).  He married Minnie "Chrissie" Christiensen.


3. Petur Thordarson, born October 25, 1864 on Engey.

4. Thordur Thordarson, born September 9, 1866, on Engey.  Died October 30, 1884.

5. Gudrun Thordardottir, born October 18, 1867, on Engey.

6. Petur Thordarson, born December 12, 1868 on Engey.  (Another Petur??  See #3 above...)

7. Magnus Thordarson, born July 17, 1870 on Engey.

8. Gudbjartur Thordarson, born November 14, 1871, on Engey.

Then their mother passed away.  Thordur Jonsson married again on January 30, 1875, to Sigurbjorn Sigurdardottir.  Together they had seven more children:

9. Sigurdur Thordarson, born November 13, 1874 in Bjarg, Reykjavik.  In 1899, he married Gudridur Thorvaldsdottir, born March 16, 1870 in Uppsalum, Nordurardal. They moved to Canada in 1912; he was a fisherman in Gimli, Manitoba (where the Icelanders settled for the most part).....He died July 9, 1953.  She died February 7, 1951.  They had four daughters, all born in  Iceland, Sigurbjorg, Lara, Thora, and Jorun "Joey", a teacher in Gimli, Manitoba.

10. Gudrun Magnea Thordardottir, born March 21, 1876 in Bjarg.  (Another Gudrun?  See #5 above....this gets confusing..)

11. Thordur Thordarson (another Thordur?  See #4 above), born June 9, 1877 in Halldorsstadir, Grotta, near Reykjavik.  Married Anna Evertsdottir from Skagafjord in September, 1903.    Moved to Canada in September 1905, where he worked with his brother Gudmunder in the bakery in Winnipeg.  They then moved to Gimli, where he became a fisherman.  Thordur died on January 16, 1949.  Anna died May 28, 1959.  They had one son Jon, born June 30, 1904.  Jon married Aurora Johannesson in July 1926.  They had two children: John Donald who married Betty Jean Wasson.  They had seven children.  Jon's daughter Aurora Joyce, married Alvin Sigurdsson.  They had five children.

12. Gudbjorg Thordardottir, born April 12, 1880 in Grotta.  Died January 11, 1881.

13. Gudrun Thordardottir, (Yet another Gudrun!?....see # 5 and #10 above), born January 2, 1883. Died at 16 days.

14. Jon Otti Vigfus Thordarson, born May 25, 1884 in Grotta.  Died April 20, 1888.

15. Kristjana Thordardottir, born July 19, 1885.  Died aged 2 months.

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Acknowledgment:  The family history data was substantially compiled by Vickie who did an outstanding job in tracing the Thordarson family history.  My role was to convert her research to a format viewable on the web for all of the Thordarson and related family members to enjoy - and to add pictures to supplement Vickie's historical research. This is a living website - updated as new family members are born, and our loved ones pass away. 

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