Geirfríður Sigríður Jakobsdóttir was born on March 12, 1881 in New Iceland. Spouse: June 20, 1901 Benedikt Valdimar Magnússon b. November 27, 1862 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. May 26, 1950 in N. Dakota. He took the last name Melsted in the west. Children: 1. Elín Sigríður b. August 31, 1906 2. Björn Benedikt b. December 21, 1909 3. Sigurður Valtýr …

Magnús Björgvin Jónsson was born in N. Dakota on May 5, 1893. He died on June 8, 1962 in Roseau County, Minnesota. He had the name Magnus B. Magnusson in the west. Spouse: Hazel Johnson b. 1897 of Swedish descent. Children: 1. Udell Ellsworth b. 1919, d. December 31, 1941 2. Vernon Ardell b. September 29, 1920, d. July 11, …

Bergheiður Jónsdóttir was born in N. Dakota on August 29, 1889. She died in Hibbing, Minnesota on May 21, 1941. She had the name Bertha Magnusson in the west. Spouse: William Henry Harrison b. in Minnesota. Children: 1. Yhone Verdine b. April 23, 1911, d. July 11, 1984 in California 2. Vivian Cecilia b. January 27, 1913, d. March 30, …

Valdimar Lárus Árnason was born in Ontario, Canada on March 26, 1885. He died in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 27, 1966. He had the name Walter Lawrence Johnson in the west. Spouse: Christine Adina Wickstrom b. August 7, 1894, d. March 29, 1965. Children: 1. Lawrence b. September 20, 1923, d. same day 2. Elsie Leonore b. September 17, …

Guðný Sigríður Sumarliðadóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on June 17, 1875. She died on June 14, 1942 in Roseau County, Minnesota. She took the name Sarah Vik with her second marriage. Spouse: 1) Erlendur Jónas Jóhannsson, they divorced  2) Jon Vik b. in Norway in 1866, d. in Roseau County, Minnesota in 1928. Children: With Erlendur: 1. Þorbjörg b. November …

Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir was born in 1811 in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Finnur Eiríksson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1823, d. in N. Dakota in 1889. Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1846 2. Eiríkur b. 1846 3. Þórður b. 1851 4. Gróa b. 1848 5. Sigfinnur b. 1850. Finnur came west alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and moved on from there to New …

Sigurður Einarsson fæddist 8. október, 1882 í Minnesota. Dáinn árið 1965 í N. Dakota. Maki: Lilja Erlendsdóttir f. 7. janúar, 1890 í Skagafjarðarsýslu, d. árið 1879 í Oakton í Fairfax sýslu í Virginíu. Börn: 1. Marvin f. 1922 2. John f. 17. janúar, 1923 3. Oliver f. 1924 4. Kjartan Frank f. 1926. Sigurður ólst upp í Minnesota en er …

Jón Einarsson was born in Iceland in 1868. Spouse: Steinvör Sveinsdóttir? b. in Iceland in 1856. Children: 1. Hallur b. June 8, 1886 2. Jón Gísli b. 1890 3. Einar Sigurður b. January 14, 1892 4. Ingiríður b. 1893 5. Eggert H. b. 1895 6. Lilja b. 1897 7. Ólafur b. 1903. Little is written about their origins in Iceland, …

Halldór Sigurðsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 14, 1874. He took the name Halldór Ásgrímsson in the west. Spouse: Þórunn Jónsdóttir b. September 26, 1875 in S. Múlasýsla. She took the last name Austmann in the west. Children: 1. Blanche Engilráð b. December 25, 1896 2. Norm Halldór b. August 5, 1898 3. Ruby Dóra b. December 3, 1901 …

Björn J Austfjörð was born in eastern Iceland in 1864. Spouse: 1) Halldóra Eggertsdóttir b. September 29, 1866 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. August 31, 1916 in Hensel, N. Dakota. 2) Þórey Magnúsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 8, 1884, d. in Los Angeles on March 18, 1970. Children: With Halldóra: 1. Eggert (Eikard) b. 1889 2. Soffía (Sophia) b. 1894 3. …