Gunnar Sigfússon: Born November 22, 1891 in N. Múlasýsla. He took his father’s last name, Einarsson, in the west. Spouse: May 1, 1918 Málfríður Júlíana Jónsdóttir b. at Hnausa on April 28, 1900. Children: 1. Guðný Elín b. November 6, 1920 2. Guðrún Júlíana b. July 23, 1923 3. Gunnsteinn Jón b. May 9, 1925 4. Einar Unnvald b. November …

Sigmundur Gunnarsson: Born in 1852 in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: 1875 Jónína Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. 1853 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla Children: 1. Sigrún b. 1879 2. Friðrik Gísli b. 1881 3. Felix Sigurbjörn b. 1884 4. Helga Rannveig b. 1889 5. Gunnar b. 1892 d. 1928 6. Sigurrós They emigrated west in 1892 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement a year …

Tómas Björnsson: Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1863. Spouse: 1885 Ólöf Lárusdóttir b. 1864 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Björn Vilberg 2. Tómas Óli 3. Lárus 4. Kjartan Sigtryggur 5. Emilía Guðrún Tómas came west in 1876 and lived the first years in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. In 1883, his mother, María Kristín Guðmundsdóttir, came west and around that time, …

Jóhannes Pálsson was born in 1819 in Mýrasýsla. Spouse: Helga Pálsdóttir d. in Iceland. Children: Páll b. 1853 Jóhannes was a widower when he came west with his son Páll and his family in 1883.

Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason: Born in S. Múlasýsla on May 24, 1866. He died on September 8, 1945 in Elfros, Saskatchewan. Spouse: 1887 Guðrún Hjörleifsdóttir b. in W. Skaftafellssýsla on November 6, 1865, d. August 10, 1945. Children: Foster child Alice Juliet. Her father was English, Jónína Stefánsdóttir was her mother. Guðrún and Jóhann cared for the child for four months. …

Eiríkur Jóhannsson: Born in 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Died in 1939. Spouse: Ólöf Ingibjörg Ingólfsdóttir b. 1862 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Died in 1939. Children: 1) Margrét Sólveig 2) Jóhann b. 1890 3) Ingibjörg b. 1890 4) Ingólfur 5) Sigmundur (Mundi) b. 1896. They came from Iceland in 1891 and first lived in Winnipeg. From there they moved to New Iceland and lived …

Ásgeir Friðgeirsson: Born on October 17, 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in early 1938 at the Betel care home in Gimli. Spouse: Þorbjörg Hákonardóttir b. June 2, 1865 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. April 14, 1951 in Gimli. Children. 1. Gísli Þórður (Fred Fridgerson) b. February 4, 1899 2. Jóhanna Anna b. 1905, d. August 20, 1935 in Gimli. They seem to …

Sigurmundur Sigurðsson: Born in Gullbringusýsla on September 12, 1865. He died March 19, 1934. Spouse: 1) April 2, 1891 Sigþrúður Guðmundsdóttir b. 1865 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla; d. 1900. 2) July 30, 1905 Svanbjörg Sigfúsdóttir b. 1877 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla Children: With first wife: 1. Sigurður, d. June 13, 1936 2. Páll b. July 3, 1894 3. Margrét Guðmundína b. April 12, 1898; …

Þorsteinn Magnússon: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1863. He took the name Borgfjörð like his brother had done. Spouse: 1) Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir b. 1863 2) Ragnheiður Guðmundsdóttir Children: With first wife: 1. Guðrún b. 1885 2. Signý b. 1886. With second wife: 1. Magnús 2. Björn 3. Elísabet. He emigrated west in 1887 and bought land in 1888 where the Framnes-Árdals …

Bjarni Ólafsson was believed to be born in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: He was married twice. He came west with his second wife, Solveig, who was a midwife. Childless. Bjarni named his land in the Geysir settlement Gullbring.