Einar Þorbergsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on December 6, 1856. He died in Geysir, Manitoba in 1948. Spouse: Margrét Jóna Gísladóttir b. August 16, 1881, d. in Manitoba on August 16, 1963. Children: 1. Steinberg Árilíus b. January 12, 1906 2. Herdís Aðalheiður b. December 7, 1910 3. Þorbergur Helgi b. December 22, 1914, d. 1917 4. Helga Björg b. …

Jóhannes Sigurðsson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1862. Took the last name Strang in the west. He died in Winnipeg on March 25, 1939. Spouse: Guðrún Einarsdóttir b. S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. She died on August 7, 1937 in Winnipeg. Children: 1) Arinbjörn Hamilton 2) Haraldur 3) Aðalbjörg 5) Emma Sigurrós 6) He took land in the Argyle Settlement and lived …

Jóhannes Sigurðsson: Born in Hrísgerði in Fnjóskadal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1852. Died in Manitoba 1894. Spouse: Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir b. 1866 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. in Wynyard September 28, 1938. He came west in 1876 and settled in New Iceland.  He bought land and moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1882.

Þorfinnur Jóhannesson was born at Flaga in Breiðdal in S. Múlasýsla on February 8, 1863. He died in 1944 in Manitoba. Spouse: Karólína Rannveig Andrésdóttir b. in Axarfjördur in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 12, 1869 Children: 1. Jóhannes b. May 2, 1891 2. Andrea b. April 27, 1892 3. Ingólfur b. December 20, 1893 4. Páll b, January 13, 1896 …

Sæmundur Árnason: Born in Múlasveit in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1846. He died on July 2, 1935 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sæmundur lived with, but did not marry, Guðrún Ívarsdóttir born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1852. Childless. Sæmundur’s brother was Árni Árnason who lived in the Þingvalla Settlement. Sæmundur emigrated to the Argyle Settlement in 1892 and bought land near Baldur. He spent the …

Soffía Kristjánsdóttir: Born at Krossanes in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She took the name Kristjanson in the west. Unmarried. Children: Carl Kristjánsson. They came west in 1906 and spent the first year in the Tantallon Settlement in Saskatchewan. They moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1932 and then went on to Winnipeg. She operated a food store for Icelandic students for …

Sigurður Jónsson: Born on August 19, 1851 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He took the name Skardal in the west. He died in 1931. Spouse: Benfríður Ingibjörg Klemensdóttir b. 1863 in Húnavatnssýsla Children: Jón Clemens Sigurður came west in 1887 and settled in the Argyle Settlement a year later. Benfríður came west in 1893.

Árni Jónsson: Born in Dalasýsla on August 23, 1873. He died in 1953. Spouse: Hólmfríður Gísladóttir born in Dalasýsla in 1873. She died in 1905. Children: 1) Hólmfríður b. 1905 2) Sigurveig b. 1905; d. 1930  (twins) Árni traveled with Sigurður Sigurðsson and Margrét Einarsdóttir when they came west in 1883. He was with them the first years, living in …

Jón Kristján Reykdal: Born at Hóli in Köldukinn in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1870. He died on December 8, 1937 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigurborg Sigfúsdóttir b. 1874 in Hróarstungu in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1) Herdís Salina 2) Jens Vilhjálmur 3) Karl Alexander 4) Friðrik Marinó 5) Victor Nikulás 6) Páll Franklín 7) Sigrún Kristjana. Jón came west in 1893 settled straight-away …

Jóhann Árnason: Born in N. Múlasýsla in 1867. He used the last name Hall in the west. Spouse: Ólína Aðalheiður Ísleifsdóttir b. 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Children: Andrés Haraldur Jóhann came west in 1891 and lived for some years in Winnipeg. He then bought a farm in the Argyle Settlement and lived there for a long time before moving to the …