Lögberg-Heimskringla - 21.05.1982, Side 7

WINNIPEG, FÖSTUDAGUR 21. MAÍ 1982-7
Elísabet Bjarnason Brand
1894-1981
As was briefly mentioned in L-H
some time ago, Elísabet Brand, wife
of Thór Jensen Brand, passed away
in Reykjavík on Sp. 18. 1981.
Born in Winnipeg on Ma. 16.
1894, Elísabet was of a family well-
known throughout Icelandic com-
munities in Canada. Her father,
Helgi Bjarnason from Gröf in
Víðidalur, was a brother to Séra
Jóhann Bjarnason, for many years a
pastor in New Iceland. These
brothers were the sons of Bjarni
Helgason from Gröf (last of
Wynyard, Sask.) and Helga
Jónasdóttir from Skógar on
Thelamörk. Helga, the daughter of
Jónas Sveinsson and Guðrún
Tómasdóttir (Egilsson), was a first
cousin to Helga Egilsdóttir, mother
of Sigtryggur Jónasson, "Father of
New Iceland".
Elísabet's mother, Helga Jóhann-
sdóttir, was the daughter of Séra
Jóhann Benediktsson at
Kálfafellsstaður in Suðursveit and
his wife, Ragnheiður Sveinsdóttir,
both of distinguished families.
Shortly after Elísabet's birth, her
parents moved from Wpg. to the
Sandy Bay district on Lake
Manitoba's western shore, and
there, in a pioneer environment, she
spent her early years. There was,
however, no school in the vicinity,
and as education was among the
highest priorities, the family resettl-
ed near Addingham P.O. in the
Lakeland Settlement south of
Langruth. Later, in order to con-
tinue her schooling, Elísabet joined
her father's people at Wynyard, and
in 1910 she enrolled in Wesley Col-
lege in Wpg.
Trained as a teacher, nurse and
midwife, Elísabet worked in Van-
couver and Wpg. until 1917 when
she married Thór Jensen Brand, an
Dánarfréttir
Ágúst (Gus) Davidson, í mörg ár
til heimilis á McGee St., andaðist í
Wpg. þann 24. ap. 1982, 82 ára að
aldri. — Ágúst var sonur Bjarna
Davíðssonar frá Barkarstöðum í
Miðfirði, bróðir Guðmundar
trésmiðs sem lengi var í Riverton.
Þéir bræður voru synir Davíðs
Jónssonar frá Reynhólum, sem dó í
Mikley árið 1909, og Hólmfríðar
Bjarnadóttur, er líka kom vestur
(dóttur Bjarna Gestssonar frá Hvoli
og Hólmfríðar Bjarnadóttur frá
Brekkukoti). — Faðir Ágústs átti um
tíma heima í Mikley þar sem hann
var ljóshúsvörður. — Ágúst lifa tvær
frænkur, Daisy Jónasson í Riverton,
og Eugenie Zier í Conrad, Montana.
Clara Sigrún Johnson, til
heimilis á 33 Clandeboye Ave. í
Selkirk, lézt þann 28. ap. 1982, 90
ára að aldri. Clara var fædd og upp-
alin í Selkirk, dóttir Kristjáns
Sigvaldasonar (Walterson) sem í
mörg ár sá um flutning pósts og
farþega milli Selkirk og Riverton.
Móðir hennar var Guðrún Helga-
dóttir, áður gift Sturlaugi Fjeldsted.
Guðrún var dóttir Séra Helga
Sigurðssonar, sem kenndur var við
Jörfa. — Clara giftist Oliver
Johnson, syni Ólafs og Ásdísar
Jónssonar, og átti eina dóttur,
Eleanor (d. 1980), sem gift var Axel
Axelssyni í Pasadena, Ca.
Beverley Christina Einarson
(Zakula), lézt í Wpg. þann 28. ap.
1982, 53 ára að aldri. Hún var fædd
á Gimli, gift Gene Zakula, og eftir-
lætur móður sína Olive, bræður
Don og Bill, eina dóttur, Cindy
Cameron í Balmoral, Man., og eina
dóttur-dóttur, Kristjönu.
Alexander Ingimundson, til
heimilis í Selkirk, andaðist þar þann
28. ap. 1982, 71 árs að aldri. Hann
hafði í mörg ár haft mjólkurbú á
Selkirk, en vann líka hjá Air Canada
í 18 ár. Auk eiginkonu sinnar
Phyllis, lætur hann eftir sig tvo
sonu, Fred í Delta, og Joey í Selkirk;
systur, June Corrigal í Wpg., og
bróður, John, einnig í Wpg.
Systkinin dáin á undan voru: Rúni
Olson í Seattle; Clara Finnson í
Wpg.; Bill og Frank í Selkirk; Ingi,
Lawtence og Finny í Wpg.
Sigríður Pearl Johnson, þekkt
söngkona og píanóleikari í Wpg.,
lézt á heimili sínu þann 4. maí 1982.
— Pear var fædd og uppalin í Wpg.,
dóttir Halldórs Thórólfssonar,
tónlistarmanns í Wpg., sem kom
ungur vestan úr Borgarfirði. Móðir
hennar var Friðrika, dóttir Friðriks
Sigurbjörnssonar (af Sléttu) og
Sigríðar Jónsdóttur (úr Mývatns-
sveit), fyrst íslenskra hjóna sem gift
voru í Wpg. (Sp. 6. 1876). — Pearl
kenndi á píanó í mörg ár, og söng
við mörg tækifæri, þar á meðal á
CBC þættinum Prairie Schooner.
Hún var líka í Wpg. Philharmonic-
kórnum í meira en 2!j ár. — Pearl
var ekkja Lincoins G. Johnson (af
Hjarðarfellsættinni), og lætur eftir
sig son, Alan, í London, Ont., og
dóttur, Mrs. Pearl Stelmack í Wpg.
Einnig lifir hana ein systir, Furbena
Allison í Wpg.

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agricultural graduate and carpenter
from Eskifjörður who had
emigrated to Canada in 1911.
With their sights set on farming,
this couple bought land at Elfros,
Sask., but as WW I was then at its
peak, Thór was conscripted. As a
tradesman, he worked on the
"home front" until 1919, and with'
the return of peace he and Elísabet
settled at Wynyard. Some years
later, they moved to Wpg. and in
1936, during the depth of the Great
Depression, they left Canada for
Iceland.
Not long after their return
"home", Thór became warden of
the national historic site of
Thingvellir, and there, on the plains
where Iceland's outdoor parliament
was held for centuries, they made
their home until 1953. During these
years, their home was in the midst
of many national events, and
Elísabet was often called upon to
entertain dignitaries and travellers
from many nations.
Eventually, however, the Brands
moved to Reykjavík, and there, in
their home at Barmahlíð 48, they
spent their remaining years
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Elísabet is survived by her hus-
band and two children, a son and
daughter, all in Reykjavík. The
eldest of her parents' eight children,
she also leaves a sister, Thórbjörg
Halldórs of Kópavogur, and a
brother; Viktor, in Canada.
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