Jón Halldórsson: Born in Þingvallasveit in Árnessýsla in 1859. Spouse: Guðrún Sigríður Kaprasíusdóttir born in Reykjavík in 1855. Children: 1) Halldór b. 1881 2) Kristjana b. 1882 3) Indíana b. 1885 4) Konráð Guðsteinn d. 1917 They sailed west in 1886 and took land in the Argyle Settlement. Shortly before the turn of the century, they moved from there and …

Guðmundur Þorsteinsson: Born at Seltjarnarnes in Gullbringusýsla in 1859. He took the last name of Thorsteinsson in the west. He died in 1949 in Iceland. Spouse: Vigdís Þorleifsdóttir b. Árnessýsla in 1854. She died in 1947. Childless. They came west in 1888 and took land in the Argyle Settlement a year later.  They lived there until 1908 when they sold …

Gísli Jónsson was born on July 17, 1865 at Bíldsfell in Árnessýsla. He died on May 17, 1952 in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Bíldfell in the west. Spouse: Valgerður Eiríksdóttir b. November 5, 1868, d. May 16, 1945. Children: 1. Jón b. December 18, 1891 in the Þingvalla Settlement 2. Kristbjörg 3. Ágústína 4. Ólafur 5. Elín 6. …

Ingvar Ólafsson was born in Gullbringusýsla on December 25, 1873. He died on December 11, 1938 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Elín Björg Jónsdóttir b. 1881 in S. Múlasýsla, d. October 15, 1971. Children: 1. Thelma 2. Bennett b. March 29, 1930. Ingvar was 14 years old when he came west with his father’s brother and his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba in …