Friðrik Pétur Sigurðsson was born in the Geysir Settlement on February 14, 1885. He died on October 25, 1956 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: November 5, 1905 Valgerður Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. January 15, 1883, d. September 15, 1964. Children: 1. Sigrún b. October 18, 1906 2. Anna Friðgerður b. April 3, 1908 3. Jóhannes b. October 4, 1909 4. Albertína …

Þorsteinn Sigurðsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1860. Spouse: Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859. Children: 1. Hrólfur b. 1885 2. Guðjón b. 1891 3. Björn b. 1895. Þorsteinn must have emigrated west at the beginning of the 20th century with Hrólf and settled in the Geysir Settlement. Magnús Sigurðsson writes about the settlers in the Geysir Settlement in …

Tímóteus Böðvarsson was born in Mýrasýsla on August 2, 1885. Spouse: October 30, 1909 Sesselja Jónsdóttir b. in the Geysir Settlement on September 27, 1889. Children: 1. Böðvar Jón Skúli b. July 18, 1911 2. Guðrún b. January 21, 1914 3. Sigfús Halldór b. February 28, 1917 4. Hulda Ragnhildur b. November 14, 1919 5. Sesselja Margrét b. October 27, …

Elín Andrésdóttir born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on May 29, 1885. She died in Manitoba on September 22, 1952. Spouse: December 22, 1907 Guðjón Einarsson b. in E. Skaftafellssýsla on September 12, 1883, d. December 24, 1946. Children: 1. Björn Andrés b. April 1, 1910. Two other children died in childhood. Elín emigrated west in 1888 to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her foster …

Sigurjón Jóhannsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on January 7, 1877. Spouse: May 7, 1910 Anna Steinsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1873. Children: 1. Steinunn Jóhanna 2. Sigrún Anna. Sigurjón came west with his mother, Steinunn Jónsdóttir, and stepfather, Jón Pétursson, in 1883. They first lived in the Geysir Settlement and then moved to the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. Sigurjón …

Antóníus Guðmundsson was born in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland on February 8, 1882. Died in New Iceland October 18, 1961. Spouse: April 12, 1904 Friðrika Sigurðardóttir b. July 22, 1883 in Winnipeg, d. October 2, 1964 in New Iceland. Children: 1. Snjólaug Lillian b. July 20, 1907 2. Friðrik Antóníus b. March 11, 1912 3. Sigurður b. December …

Sigurður Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on May 26, 1855. Spouse: Björg Jóhannesdóttir. Children: no information. They came west in 1890 and took land in the Árnes Settlement. They named their land Skeggjastað after the farm in Hallárdal in Húnavatnssýsla. They lived there until 1910 when they moved to Gimli.

Valdimar Sopher was born in the Fljóts Settlement on February 28, 1906. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on October 11, 1976. He was known as Valdi Sopher in the west. Spouse: August 18, 1932 Gíslína Guðrún Magnúsdóttir b. April 18, 1911. She was known as Gilla Sopher in the west. Children: 1. Walter Marshall b. January 14, 1933 2. Pauline …

Soffanías Þorkelsson was born on April 5, 1876 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Thorkelson in the west. Spouse: 1) May 28, 1899 Jóhanna María Friðriksdóttir b. January 10, 1866 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. October 17, 1848 in Winnipeg. 2) October 1, 1849 Sigrún Sigurgeirsdóttir b. in Reykjavík on September 29, 1907. They divorced. Children: With Jóhanna: 1. Ragnheiður b. …

Ingólfur Eiríksson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on November 2, 1886. He died on June 28, 1971 in Riverton, Manitoba. Spouse: Járnbrá Júlíana Helgadóttir b. in Mikley on July 22, 1892, d. March 10, 1974 in Riverton. Children: 1. Marinó Oliver b. June 11, 1911 2. Ingibjörg Þórdís b. October 14, 1912 3. Jóhann Helgi b. December 6, 1913 4. Eiríkur …