| Simon Simonarson
fonds, 1839-1927
MSS 34
6 cm of textual records
Simonarson was among early Icelanders who immigrated in the 1870s
to the original Icelandic settlement in Kinmount, Ontario. Along
with other pioneering settlers, he worked as a labourer clearing
the land before moving to New Iceland in the Gimli area around 1875.
In Gimli he was a homesteader and a farmer until leaving New Iceland
for Winnipeg.
Donated by Mrs. R.F. Wilson in 1979
The collection contains his diaries from 1904-1914. They were written
in Icelandic twenty-three years after the fact and described Simonarson's
decision to emigrate from Iceland to Canada. The diaries describe
the first year at Kinmount, experiences with the first settlers
in New Iceland, his decision to leave New Iceland for Winnipeg,
his life in Winnipeg after 1881, and genaeologies of Simonarson
and his wife Valdis Gudmundsclottis. Also included is a copy of
W. Kristjanson's translation unto English of an excerpt from the
diaries and a description of Icelandic pioneers of 1874 from the
reminiscences of Simonarson
Open to all reasearchers
No further accruals are expected
Finding aid available
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