Lögberg-Heimskringla - 14.06.2002, Blaðsíða 6

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 14.06.2002, Blaðsíða 6
6 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 14 June 2002 “Any man ’s death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind ... No man is an island, entire ofhimself ”—John Donne • “Maður er manns gaman. ”—Hávamál Spotlighting lives lived.and milestones in the lives of Icelandic North Americans. Congratulations PHOTO COURTESY OF WAYNE FINUCAN Jeffrey Mark and Shannon (nee Lee) seal their vows with a kiss at their garden wedding in Victoria, BC, May 25, 2001. Jefffey is the son of Richard and Paulina Mark, and grandson of Paul and Lina Goodman and Roy and Esther Mark, all of Winnipeg. Her parents are Marguerite and Patrick Lee of Saltspring Island. Icelandic Presented by the Lögberg-Heimskringla Sandy Hook Golf & Counry Club The 2002 Icelandic Open Proudly sponsored by the Lögberg-Heimskringla When: Friday August 2nd, 2002 Place: Sandy Hook Golf and Country Club Time: Lunch and Registration at 11:00 am 12:30 pm Shot Gun Start Format: Texas Scramble Cost $135.00 per person. Early bird entry before June 15, 2002 to be eligible for a prize. If you played last year, have one member paid by June 15 to secure your team place. Cost includes: • Lunch Mm • Tee box gift • Dinner at the Johnson Hall (6:30 pm) • 18 holes of Golf with a cart! • Did I forget to mention prizes for everyone! So come out and swing like a Viking! Don’t delay. We sold out last year! For registration and sponsorship information please call your tournament Co-Chair’s: Marno Olafson 204-925-2058 or Dan Johnson 204-452-8848 Caroline (Carrie) Guðrún Humber (nee Christopherson) 2 February, 1915 aroline (Carrie) Guðrún Humber (nee Christopherson), bom February 2, 1915, to John Christopherson and Valgerður (Vala), the fifth child and first daughter. She passed away May 11, 2002 after a brief illness. Her grandfather (on her father’s side) was Sigurður, bom July 9, 1848, at Nesland, Mývatn, in Iceland and the old- est of seven children. Her grandmother, Caroline Taylor, better known as Carrie, was the niece of John Taylor, a mis- sionary with the British Bible Society. Carrie, predeceased by 11 May, 2002 her seven brothers and sisters, is survived by her husband Luke, three generations of nieces, nephews and cousins, and many friends. Carrie attended Elgin School, now part of Surrey, when there were eight grades in one room. In 1925 the fami- ly moved to Ocean Park; in 1927 to a home on Crescent Road, White Rock; and in 1928, they moved to Vancouver where the family ran the Mayda Pie Shop. Carrie was one of Vancouver’s first police- women, and after attending uni versity, taught high school in Powell River and Delta for many years. She was proud of her Icelandic heritage and was an active member of the Sólskin Ladies’ Auxiliary. She enjoyed people, nature, playing piano and entertaining at Ytranes, her Ocean Park home. Carrie was lots of fun, and will always be remembered for her kindness, thoughtfulness and love of family. Courtesy oflCC ofBC Newsletter Icelanders Searching for Relatives in North America My' name is Þuríður Guðjónsdóttir. I wonder if it would it be possible to publish an enquiry or adver- tisement in your magazine, Lögberg-Heimskringlal For a very long time I have been wondering and speculating about the fate of my great- grandmother and her family in "Vesturheimur" and since I decided to visit Canada next July for the first time my thoughts about her have been intensifying. Her name was Ingibjörg Laurina Jónsdóttir Norðfjörð, bom 16.01. 1859. She immigrated to "Vesturheimur" (Canada or N Dakota?) probably around Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir, born 1955, a librarian at the Seltjamames Library, is coming to the United States and Canada with the tour of those studying about the Icelanders who emigrated. She wishes to find relatives of Runólfur Sigurðsson, bom 7th June, 1868, died 14th November, 1929, and who came to Canada in 1903. He married Steinunn Jónsdóttir, bom lst January, 1875, died 18th September, 1904 in Winnipeg. She wishes to find out where in Canada the chil- dren of Jón Runólfsson, bom 1880 and she died there in 1940. Ingibjörg was married in Iceland, but became a widow shortly after the birth of her son (my grandfather, Rev. Jón Norðfjörð Jóhannessen, born 16.10. 1878). Her sister and husband then adopted the two year old son when Ingibjörg left for "Vesturheimur." I know that my grandfather visited her in the year 1900 and stayed there (I don't know where) for one year working in a pharmacy as a trainee. After that they must have been correspon- ding, but I never heard him or my mother talking about my great-grandmother or our rel- atives in "Vesturheimur" and 1898, live. These people are relatives of her husband, Helgi Gunnarsson, born in 1952, from Ytri Ásar í Vestur Skaftafellssýsla. They have received the following information from the Vesturfarasetrið: Jón Runólfsson Sigurðsson, son of Runólfur Sigurðsson, bom 7 October 1898 at Skálafelli in Austur Skaftafellssýsla. He married on the llth of March,1929, Rose Littlewood, who was bom the lst of June 1910. Their children were five: Elsie Margaret, born 21st the letters are lost. I am anxious to fínd out more about my great-grand- mother and her family in “Vesturheimur.” I have been asking relatives here in Iceland, without result and my investigations here have also been without success. If anyone knows of my great-grandmother, please contact me, either by post or e-mail. Looking forward to hear- ing^rom you, Þuríður Guðjónsdóttir Kleppsvegi 88 104 Reykjavík e-mail: pallo@mi.is March, 1930, married F. A. Bell. Evelyn Daisy, bom 8th October 1933, married W. R. Mackin. Marine Lynn, born 19th January 1937, married Luke Deek. Joan Rosalie, born lOth August, 1942 and Karen Ruth, born 7th September, 1944. Please contact Sigríður by e-mail at sirry@seltjarnarnes.is or Helgi at helgigun@li.is or call them at one of the hotels they will be staying at on their tour. Please see the itinerary on page 5 in this issue of the newspaper. <m ih unn* Rin* ^n* mv 'n&'w&t m u tmw NiiY'riwm « nm \ nn whwhw

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