Family Search for Ingigerdur Ofeigsdottir


    We specify the name and the birth year as follows to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

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    When we click the search button, one person is found and if we click on that person, the following information appears.

     
    Ingigerdur OFEIGSSON
    Sex: 
    F
    Event(s):
    Christening: 
    5 Jan 1852
    Hofteigur i Jokuldal, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland
    Parents:
    Father: 
    Ofeigur JONSSON
    Mother: 
    Gudrun THORGRIMSDR

    We now know her christening date, the names of her parents, and the district where she was born. We also know that whoever transcribed the data did not understand Icelandic naming rules. They entered Ofeigsson instead of Ofeigsdottir. The christening ceremony was usually performed soon after the birth, sometimes the same day.
    If we go back to the data entry sheet, clear it, and enter the names of the parents in the blanks for Father and Mother, we can search for other children. This produces four more records. Selected parts of those records are shown below.

    Kristin Hallfridur OFEIGSSON
    Sex: 
    F
    Event(s):
    Christening: 
    19 Nov 1853
    Hofteigur i Jokuldal, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland

    Jon OFEIGSSON
    Sex: 
    M
    Event(s):
    Christening: 
    15 Oct 1855
    Hofteigur i Jokuldal, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland

     
    Ingibjorg OFEIGSSON
    Sex: 
    F
    Event(s):
    Christening: 
    3 Nov 1856
    Hofteigur i Jokuldal, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland

     
    Thorgrimur OFEIGSSON
    Sex: 
    M
    Event(s):
    Christening: 
    18 Jul 1859
    Hofteigur i Jokuldal, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland

    This search also locates an Ancestor File for the marriage and children of Ingibjorg, the sister of Ingegerdur. An Ancestor File is a collection of related records that may show several generations of family. The user can navigate up and down the tree to look at different generations. It can be downloaded into many genealogy programs to avoid the need to rekey data. This Ancestor File contains the ancestors of Gudmundur Finnsson for up to four generations. The following illustrates one generation of parents and children.

    Husband's Name
    Gudmundur FINNSSON (AFN:20HQ-ZXF)
    Born: 
    27 Nov 1853
    Place: 
    Klettsbud, Keflavik, Snaefellsnes, Iceland
    Died: 
    21 May 1922
    Place: 
    , Selkirk, Manitoba
    Married: 
    Place: 
    , , , Iceland
    Father: 
    Finnur JONSSON (AFN:20HD-XXV)
    Mother: 
    Kristin TOMASDOTTIR (AFN:20HQ-ZW7)
    Wife's Name
    Ingibjorg OFEIGSDOTTIR (AFN:20HQ-ZZM)
    Born: 
    		 27 Oct 1856
    Place: 
    , , , Iceland
    Died: 
    22 Dec 1934
    Place: 
    , Selkirk, Manitoba
    Married: 
    Place: 
    , , , Iceland
    Father: 
    Ofeigur JONSSON (AFN:20HR-077)
    Mother: 
    Gudrun THORGRIMSDOTTIR (AFN:20HR-08F)
    Children
    1. 
    Sex 
    Name
    F
    Kristinn FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-00R)
    Born: 
    4 Feb 1882
    Place: 
    , Of Vancouver, Bc
    Died: 
    16 Aug 1969
    Place: 
    , Vancouver, Bc
    2. 
    Sex 
    Name
    M
    Felix FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-010)
    Born: 
    21 Feb 1885
    Place: 
    , Of Selkirk, Manitoba
    Died: 
    21 Feb 1921
    Place: 
    , , , Canada
    3. 
    Sex 
    Name
    M
    Gustave FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-026)
    Born: 
    26 Oct 1887
    Place: 
    , , Manitoba
    Died: 
    21 Mar 1888
    Place: 
    , , , Canada
    4. 
    Sex 
    Name
    F
    Fanney Alice FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-03D)
    Born: 
    3 Dec 1888
    Place: 
    <, , Manitoba>
    Died: 
    19 Jan 1960
    Place: 
    , , , Canada
    5. 
    Sex 
    Name
    M
    Gustave Adolph FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-04L)
    Born: 
    11 Sep 1892
    Place: 
    , Selkirk, Manitoba
    6. 
    Sex 
    Name
    M
    Finnur Ofeigur FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-05S)
    Born: 
    5 Dec 1894
    Place: 
    <, Selkirk, Manitoba>
    Died: 
    20 Oct 1953
    Place: 
    7. 
    Sex 
    Name
    M
    Gudmundur Wilfred FINNSSON (AFN:20HR-061)
    Born: 
    4 May 1898
    Place: 
    , Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Kristinn Finnsson above has probably been wrongly transcribed as a female. Kristinn is a man's name and Kristín is the woman's equivalent.
    We can also search for Ingigerdur's mother. Assume that Gudrun Thorgrimsdottir had her first child in her twenties. Specify a birth year of 1830 and search a range of 10 years around that date. The search produces seven matches, but only one is in the district of Nordur-Mulasysla, like Ingigerdur. It is displayed below.

     
    Gudrun THORGRIMSSON
    Sex: 
    F
    Event(s):
    Christening: 
    15 Sep 1833
    Hof I Vopnafirdi, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland
    Parents:
    Father: 
    Thorgrimur PETURSSON
    Mother: 
    Ingibjorg EREKSDR

    Again the name should be transcribed as Gudrun Thorgrimsdottir. Note that the mother's name is shown as Ingibjorg EREKSDR which is an abbreviation for EREKSDOTTIR. The proper spelling is Eiriksdottir.
    If we search for the marriage of Gudrun Thorgrimsdottir within 10 years of 1860, we find four marriages and one of them is in Nordur-Mulasysla. The result is shown below.

     
    Gudrun THORGRIMSDR
    Sex: 
    F
    Marriage(s):
    Spouse: 
    Grimur EINARSSON
    Marriage: 
    10 Oct 1866
    Hofteigur I Jokuldal, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland

    The marriage is 7 years after the last child above was born. This implies that Ofeigur Jonsson probably died and Gudrun remarried. We can continue this way and search for their children, if any, and their ancestors. Instead, we will move on to other kinds of searches.


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