Following are a number of items that have been collected over the years about Olafur Hallson. They are published in the Ryckman Family Tree, compiled by Mary-Lynne (Mel) Braun. Olafur Hallson's genealogy records are handwritten and contained in a leather-bound notebook. The records are written in Icelandic, and trace family lineage back to the year 875. The following note was written by Hulda Danielsdottir who translated a portion of the genealogy, as follows .................... " It is possible to trace the linage of most of the people mentioned here, back to many noble men, priests, district magistrates, lawmen, bishops, governors, settlers in Iceland and the Norwegian kings." The main part of Olafur Hallson's genealogy and Gudrun Bjornsdottir's genealogy was translated from Icelandic in 1995 by Nelson Gerrard of Saga Publications and Research, near Arborg, Manitoba and he notes the following: "The above lineages, translated from Icelandic in December and January of 1995-96, are the work of two genealogists, Magnus Sigurdsson at Stord (near Arborg, Manitoba) and Olafur Oddsson (1934) in Iceland. Both these men, and Olafur in particular, demonstrate an exceptionally scholarly approach in the use of their sources, and their work is quite reliable to the extent that their sources are accurate. It should be noted, however, that the more ancient the lineage, the more likely it is to cross over into the realm of mythology. Many of the individuals identified are from the Age of Settlement (874-930 A.D.) and the Saga Age, and entire sagas exist about some of these people - Egill's Saga about Egill Skallagrimsson, Laxdćla Saga, etc., while others are accounted for in Landnama (The Book of Settlements). The main area of deficiency in these lineages is the lack of information on each person or couple, in particular on more recent ancestors who lived after 1700. Still, the document represents an exceptionally comprehensive roster of the ancestors of the Hallson family of Eriksdale. Nelson Gerrard, January 6, 1996."
Following are a number of items that have been collected over the years about Olafur Hallson. They are published in the Ryckman Family Tree, compiled by Mary-Lynne (Mel) Braun.
Olafur Hallson's genealogy records are handwritten and contained in a leather-bound notebook. The records are written in Icelandic, and trace family lineage back to the year 875. The following note was written by Hulda Danielsdottir who translated a portion of the genealogy, as follows .................... " It is possible to trace the linage of most of the people mentioned here, back to many noble men, priests, district magistrates, lawmen, bishops, governors, settlers in Iceland and the Norwegian kings."
Olafur Hallson's genealogy records are handwritten and contained in a leather-bound notebook. The records are written in Icelandic, and trace family lineage back to the year 875. The following note was written by Hulda Danielsdottir who translated a portion of the genealogy, as follows ....................
" It is possible to trace the linage of most of the people mentioned here, back to many noble men, priests, district magistrates, lawmen, bishops, governors, settlers in Iceland and the Norwegian kings."
The main part of Olafur Hallson's genealogy and Gudrun Bjornsdottir's genealogy was translated from Icelandic in 1995 by Nelson Gerrard of Saga Publications and Research, near Arborg, Manitoba and he notes the following: "The above lineages, translated from Icelandic in December and January of 1995-96, are the work of two genealogists, Magnus Sigurdsson at Stord (near Arborg, Manitoba) and Olafur Oddsson (1934) in Iceland. Both these men, and Olafur in particular, demonstrate an exceptionally scholarly approach in the use of their sources, and their work is quite reliable to the extent that their sources are accurate. It should be noted, however, that the more ancient the lineage, the more likely it is to cross over into the realm of mythology. Many of the individuals identified are from the Age of Settlement (874-930 A.D.) and the Saga Age, and entire sagas exist about some of these people - Egill's Saga about Egill Skallagrimsson, Laxdćla Saga, etc., while others are accounted for in Landnama (The Book of Settlements). The main area of deficiency in these lineages is the lack of information on each person or couple, in particular on more recent ancestors who lived after 1700. Still, the document represents an exceptionally comprehensive roster of the ancestors of the Hallson family of Eriksdale. Nelson Gerrard, January 6, 1996."
The main part of Olafur Hallson's genealogy and Gudrun Bjornsdottir's genealogy was translated from Icelandic in 1995 by Nelson Gerrard of Saga Publications and Research, near Arborg, Manitoba and he notes the following:
"The above lineages, translated from Icelandic in December and January of 1995-96, are the work of two genealogists, Magnus Sigurdsson at Stord (near Arborg, Manitoba) and Olafur Oddsson (1934) in Iceland. Both these men, and Olafur in particular, demonstrate an exceptionally scholarly approach in the use of their sources, and their work is quite reliable to the extent that their sources are accurate. It should be noted, however, that the more ancient the lineage, the more likely it is to cross over into the realm of mythology. Many of the individuals identified are from the Age of Settlement (874-930 A.D.) and the Saga Age, and entire sagas exist about some of these people - Egill's Saga about Egill Skallagrimsson, Laxdćla Saga, etc., while others are accounted for in Landnama (The Book of Settlements). The main area of deficiency in these lineages is the lack of information on each person or couple, in particular on more recent ancestors who lived after 1700. Still, the document represents an exceptionally comprehensive roster of the ancestors of the Hallson family of Eriksdale. Nelson Gerrard, January 6, 1996."
It should be noted, however, that the more ancient the lineage, the more likely it is to cross over into the realm of mythology. Many of the individuals identified are from the Age of Settlement (874-930 A.D.) and the Saga Age, and entire sagas exist about some of these people - Egill's Saga about Egill Skallagrimsson, Laxdćla Saga, etc., while others are accounted for in Landnama (The Book of Settlements). The main area of deficiency in these lineages is the lack of information on each person or couple, in particular on more recent ancestors who lived after 1700. Still, the document represents an exceptionally comprehensive roster of the ancestors of the Hallson family of Eriksdale. Nelson Gerrard, January 6, 1996."
Still, the document represents an exceptionally comprehensive roster of the ancestors of the Hallson family of Eriksdale. Nelson Gerrard, January 6, 1996."
The following notes have been translated from Volume III of Western Icelandic Genealogies, prepared by Benjamin Kristjansson .................... Hallsson, Ólafur Kristján, Eriksdale, Manitoba, Canada -- Born at Vestdalur in Seyđisfjörđur on the 1st of October, 1885. (...Paragraphs relating to parents and grandparents are found in their "Notes" in the Ryckman Family Tree). Following primary school, Ólafur spent two winters studying with pastor Björn Ţorláksson of Dvergasteinn, in preparation for the Latin school in Reykjavik, but before that came to pass he went to Canada with his parents in 1903. In 1907, he returned home to Iceland and worked for three years in trade with Thomsen in Reykjavik. He returned to America in 1910. He ran his own store in Eriksdale, Manitoba, from 1910 to 1953, when his son Hallur took over. Ólafur has been active in community affairs in Eriksdale, church matters, education and politics. He has also been very active in the Icelandic National League, and for the past seven years, as member of the board. He has written many songs and his articles have been published in papers in Canada, and in the book "Foreldrar Minir", which professor Finnbogi Guđmundsson edited and prepared for publication. Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930. On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
The following notes have been translated from Volume III of Western Icelandic Genealogies, prepared by Benjamin Kristjansson ....................
Hallsson, Ólafur Kristján, Eriksdale, Manitoba, Canada -- Born at Vestdalur in Seyđisfjörđur on the 1st of October, 1885. (...Paragraphs relating to parents and grandparents are found in their "Notes" in the Ryckman Family Tree). Following primary school, Ólafur spent two winters studying with pastor Björn Ţorláksson of Dvergasteinn, in preparation for the Latin school in Reykjavik, but before that came to pass he went to Canada with his parents in 1903. In 1907, he returned home to Iceland and worked for three years in trade with Thomsen in Reykjavik. He returned to America in 1910. He ran his own store in Eriksdale, Manitoba, from 1910 to 1953, when his son Hallur took over. Ólafur has been active in community affairs in Eriksdale, church matters, education and politics. He has also been very active in the Icelandic National League, and for the past seven years, as member of the board. He has written many songs and his articles have been published in papers in Canada, and in the book "Foreldrar Minir", which professor Finnbogi Guđmundsson edited and prepared for publication. Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930. On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
Hallsson, Ólafur Kristján, Eriksdale, Manitoba, Canada -- Born at Vestdalur in Seyđisfjörđur on the 1st of October, 1885.
(...Paragraphs relating to parents and grandparents are found in their "Notes" in the Ryckman Family Tree). Following primary school, Ólafur spent two winters studying with pastor Björn Ţorláksson of Dvergasteinn, in preparation for the Latin school in Reykjavik, but before that came to pass he went to Canada with his parents in 1903. In 1907, he returned home to Iceland and worked for three years in trade with Thomsen in Reykjavik. He returned to America in 1910. He ran his own store in Eriksdale, Manitoba, from 1910 to 1953, when his son Hallur took over. Ólafur has been active in community affairs in Eriksdale, church matters, education and politics. He has also been very active in the Icelandic National League, and for the past seven years, as member of the board. He has written many songs and his articles have been published in papers in Canada, and in the book "Foreldrar Minir", which professor Finnbogi Guđmundsson edited and prepared for publication. Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930. On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
(...Paragraphs relating to parents and grandparents are found in their "Notes" in the Ryckman Family Tree).
Following primary school, Ólafur spent two winters studying with pastor Björn Ţorláksson of Dvergasteinn, in preparation for the Latin school in Reykjavik, but before that came to pass he went to Canada with his parents in 1903. In 1907, he returned home to Iceland and worked for three years in trade with Thomsen in Reykjavik. He returned to America in 1910. He ran his own store in Eriksdale, Manitoba, from 1910 to 1953, when his son Hallur took over. Ólafur has been active in community affairs in Eriksdale, church matters, education and politics. He has also been very active in the Icelandic National League, and for the past seven years, as member of the board. He has written many songs and his articles have been published in papers in Canada, and in the book "Foreldrar Minir", which professor Finnbogi Guđmundsson edited and prepared for publication. Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930. On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
Following primary school, Ólafur spent two winters studying with pastor Björn Ţorláksson of Dvergasteinn, in preparation for the Latin school in Reykjavik, but before that came to pass he went to Canada with his parents in 1903. In 1907, he returned home to Iceland and worked for three years in trade with Thomsen in Reykjavik. He returned to America in 1910. He ran his own store in Eriksdale, Manitoba, from 1910 to 1953, when his son Hallur took over.
Ólafur has been active in community affairs in Eriksdale, church matters, education and politics. He has also been very active in the Icelandic National League, and for the past seven years, as member of the board. He has written many songs and his articles have been published in papers in Canada, and in the book "Foreldrar Minir", which professor Finnbogi Guđmundsson edited and prepared for publication. Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930. On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
Ólafur has been active in community affairs in Eriksdale, church matters, education and politics. He has also been very active in the Icelandic National League, and for the past seven years, as member of the board. He has written many songs and his articles have been published in papers in Canada, and in the book "Foreldrar Minir", which professor Finnbogi Guđmundsson edited and prepared for publication.
Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930. On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
Ólafur visited Iceland in 1950 and in 1953, the latter time along with his wife, who had also visited Iceland during the celebration at Alţingi in 1930.
On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik. (...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)
On February 22, 1907, Ólafur married Guđrún Bjornsdottir. She was born on the 25th of May, 1883. They got married in Reykjavik.
(...Info on her parents is contained on their record sheets in the Ryckman Family Tree, as is the information on Ólafur and Guđrún's children.)