Sveinn Sveinsson was born in Árnessýsla on March 28, 1850 and died on July 26, 1932. Spouse: Jóhanna Jónsdóttir b. October 28, 1851. Died January 5, 1942. Children: 1) Sesselja Ögmunda b. June 9, 1877. She was the wife of Gunnar Oddsson 2) Kristinn Frímann  b. 1883. Unknown if he came west. Sveinn and Jóhanna lived at Breðamýrarholt in Flóa …

Björn Jón Björnsson: Born in Skagafjordur in 1847. Died 1931. Spouse: 1875 Ingibjörg Þuríður Brynjólfsdóttir b. 1850. Died 1932. Children: 1) Brynjólfur Egill b. 1876. Died 1936 2) Lárína Halldóra (Lára) b. 1880. Died 1901.  They also raised Elina Andrésdóttir.  Her father and Björn were brothers. They came west in 1888 and settled in the Isafold Settlement. In 1901, they …

Benjamín Pétursson was born in Húnavatnssýsla September 22, 1879. Was Benjamin S. Gudmundson in Canada. Died April 7, 1941. Spouse: 1905 Júlíana Þorsteinsdóttir b. in Mikley in New Iceland April 23, 1883. Died February 2, 1952. Children: 1. Stefanía Guðrún b. August 10, 1905 2. Valdimar Thorstein b. July 31, 1906 3. Magnús b. September 14, 1907, d. February 5, 1986 …

Þóra Þórólfsdóttir fæddist í Holti á Barðastrandarsýslu árið 1874. Fór með skipi til Skotlands ásamt fleiri vesturfórum trúlega árið 1902. Þar lenti hún í þeirri ógæfu að vera rænd og komst því ekki í vesturfaraskip. Gafst ekki upp heldur fékk sér vinnu í Skotlandi og vann fyrir fargjaldi vestur um haf. Kom til Boston í Bandaríkjunum og giftist þar bandarískum …

 Jón Helgi Júlíus Þorsteinsson: Born April 10, 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died on May 19, 1924. He took the name Thorsteinson in the west. Spouse: Albertína Arnþrúður Jónsdóttir born December 3, 1853 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. March 30, 1937. Children: 1. Valgerður b. 1883 2. Jón b. 1889 3. Hólmfríður b. 1892 4. Þorsteinn b. 1894. They emigrated west at the …

Jón Sigurðsson was born in Geysir Settlement. Wrote his name Jón S Nordal in Canada.. Spouse: 1) Sigrún Sigmundsdóttir b. 1879 í Húnvatnssýsla, d. 1906. 2) 1908 Valgerður Schram. Children: With first wife 1. Sigurður Friðrik 2. Sigríður 3. Sigrún. With second wife: 1. Jónas 2. Guðmundur Edward 3. Einar 4. Kristín Elín 5. Jóhanna Sigríður 6. Florence Margrét. Jón was the …

Finnur Finnsson: Born in 1853 in Snæfellsnessýsla Spouse: Guðrún Snorradóttir who died in Iceland Children: Georg Thordal b. 1884 Finnur emigrated as a widower in 1900 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement.

Böðvar Helgason was born in Mýrasýsla in 1889. He took the last name Jakobsson in the west. Spouse: 1914 Guðlaug Eyjólfsdóttir b. in the Geysir Settlement. Children: 1. Ingibjörg 2. Þórey 3. Helgi 4. Böðvar. Böðvar took land in the Geysir Settlement.

Hermann Ólafsson: Born in S. Múlasýsla in 1847. He died in 1905 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: Þóra Vigfúsdóttir b. 1842, d. in Iceland. Children: Geir Tryggvi b. 1880. Hermann came west to New Iceland with his son in 1893 and lived in the Geysir Settlement.

Jón Pálsson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 10, 1887. Spouse: May 8, 1913 Una Friðný Jónasdóttir born on October 30, 1876 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Jóhannes b. April 1, 1914 2. Lilja Jónasína b. December 22, 1915 3. Páll b. September 19, 1917 4. Valdimar b. September 14, 1919 5. Sigrún Sigurlín b. October 2, 1921. Jón emigrated west with …