Kristbjörg Elín Gísladóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. She had the last name Bíldfell. Spouse: Vigfús Sveinsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1890. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Children: 1. Edvard Helgi 2. Sveinbjörg Þórunn 3. Gíslína Valgerður. Kristbjörg was the daughter of Gísli Jónsson Bíldfell and Valgerður Eiríksdóttir, early settlers in the Lakes …

Guðrún Steingrímsdóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 5, 1870. Spouse: October 21, 1890 Guðmundur Elías Guðmundsson b. in Árnessýsla on April 29, 1867, d. in Washington on September 29, 1957. He took the last name Goodman in the west. Children: 1. Elísabet b. November 4, 1891, died as a child in Iceland 2. Matthías b. January 29, 1893 3. Sigrún …

María Þórðardóttir was born in 1896 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Spouse: Filippus Ólafsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1883. He took the name Phillip Austmann or Eastman in the west. Children: Wilma Kristín 2. Jón 3. Lilly (Geirlaug) 4. Esther 5. Philip 6. Kristján 7. Lloyd María was the sister of Guðlína Þórðardóttir, the wife of Olgeir Austmann, Filippus’ brother. She came …

Guðlína Kristbjörg Þórðardóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1881. Spouse: Olgeir Ólafsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1886 in Saskatchewan in 1838. He took the last name Austmann or Eastman in the west. Children: 1. Kristín 2. Þóra 3. Fjóla. Two foster sons: 1. Wilfred 2. Walter. They also lost two young daughters. Olgeir came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his …

Elías Einarsson fæddist í Borgarfjarðarsýslu eftir 1880. Elias Olson vestra. Maki: Marta (Martha) Magnúsdóttir. Börn: upplýsingar vantar. Elías flutti vestur til Winnipeg árið 1877 með foreldrum síum, Einari Ólafssyni og Guðbjörgu Ólafsdóttur. Elías flutti til Spy Hill,eins og bræður hans, Ólafur og Einar. Þaðan lá svo leið hans og Mörtu til Edmonton. Marta var dóttir Magnúsar Ingimarssonar og Vilborgar Hannesdóttur.

Guðný Guðmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in Gullbringusýsla in 1889. She took the last name Johnson in the west. Unmarried. Childless. Guðný was the daughter of Guðmundur Jóhannesson of northern Iceland and Sigríður Ólafsdóttir from Akranes who lived in Reykjavík in 1890. Guðný came west to Winnipeg in 1902 and lived there for some time before she moved west to …

Guðbjörg Ólafsdóttir was born in 1845 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died in 1930 in Saskatchewan. Spouse: Einar Ólafsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1831, d. in Saskatchewan in 1900. Children: 1. Ólafur b. 1876 2. Einar b. 1878 3. Halldóra b. 1878 (twin) They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and from there on to Langenburg which is now in Saskatchewan. From …

Helga Kristín Bjarnadóttir was born on March 5, 1878 in Mikley in New Iceland. Spouse: Sigurður Jónasson b. in Dalasýsla on April 26, 1878, d. in Saskatchewan on March 1, 1953 Children: 1. Stefán b. 1904, d. May 10, 1926 Helga was the daughter of Bjarni Pétursson and Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, early homesteaders in Mikley and in Mountain, N. Dakota. Sigurður came …

Narfi Narfason was born in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on May 30, 1891. Spouse: Jakobína Gróa Bjarnadóttir b. May 3, 1894 in Vatnabyggð. Children: 1. Anna Margaret b. June 27, 1917. Narfi was the son of Guðbrandur Narfason and Anna María Eiríksdóttir who came west in 1883. Jakobína’s parents were Bjarni Jasonarson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir who lived in …

   Guðrún Rósa Jóhannesdóttir was born in 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: 1887 Jón Sigfússon b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1857, d. 1937 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Thorlacius in the west. Children: 1. Bjarni J. b. 1891 2. Sigfús Daníel b. 1898. Guðrún’s parents, Jóhannes Bjarnason and Lilja Guðrún Daníelsdóttir, came west in 1883 with …