Hólmfríður Þorvaldsdóttir was born in 1858 in Reykjavík. She died in Illinois in 1898. She was known as Frida Sharpe in the west. Spouse: Sharpe Children:  No information. Hólmfríður was the daughter of Thorvaldur Stephensen, a merchant, and his wife Ragneiðar Einarsdóttir who moved to Chicago in 1873. There, Hólmfríður married a well known lawyer, Sharpe by name. Holmfríður was …

Jón Bjarnason was born at Þvottá in Álftafjord in S. Múlasýsla on November 15, 1845. He died in Winnipeg on June 3, 1914. Spouse: Lára Guðjohnsen b. 1842 in Reykjavík, d. 1921. Childless. They emigrated west to Canada in September, 1873 and landed in Quebec on the 27th of the same month. They went directly south to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in …

Borghildur Guðbrandsdóttir was born in 1848 in Gullbringusýsla. Died Desember 29, 1932 in Minnesota Spouse: November 29. 1878 Jóhannes Halldórsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýslu September 9, 1851, d. í Minnesota 10. september, 1935. Frost vestra. Children: 1. Charles Alexander b. September 19, 1879 2. Ella Regina b. July 7, 1881 3. Jennie Magnea b. May 13, 1886 4. Kristín Sigríður b. …

Sigríður Erlendsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1842. She died in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba on August 10, 1881. Spouse: May 8, 1876 in Minneapolis, Skúli Árnason b. October 3, 1851. Children: 1. Lára 2. Hannes 3. Guðrún. Two other children did not reach adulthood. Sigríður emigrated west with Jón Bjarnason and his wife in 1873 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. …

Sigurjóna Grímsdóttir Laxdal was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1838. She died on May 18, 1891. Unmarried and childless. Sigurjóna was the daughter of Grímur Laxdal of Akureyri and his first wife, Hlaðgerður Þórðardóttir. She was a half-sister to Hlaðgerðar and Daníel, who were the children of Grímur and Aldís, his second wife. Sigurjóna emigrated west with Reverend Jón Bjarnason and …