Eggert Stefánsson: Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1858. Spouse: Margrét Halldórsdóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1860. Children: missing names They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885. They took land in the Geysir Settlement in 1897 and lived there until 1910. They moved to an Icelandic settlement west of Dog Lake north of Vogar where their sons had settled.

Jóhann Sigfússon: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1865. Unmarried and childless. He came west with his parents in 1883. He bought land and rented it to his brother Svanberg. They worked the farm together.

Svanberg Sigfússon was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1880. He died in New Iceland on May 14, 1952. Spouse: 1913 Áslaug Einarsdóttir born in the Geysir settlement on May 15, 1888, d. in New Iceland on July 22, 1968. Children: 1. Einar Ingiberg b. November 13, 1907 2. Klara (Clara) Rósbjörg b. June 7, 1909 3. Guðmundur Magnús b. November 6, …

Ólafur Tryggvi Sigurjónsson was born in Eyjafjörður in 1893. He took the last name Thordarson in his Western Home. He died in California in 1965. Unmarried and childless. He was just a few months old when he came with his parents, Sigurjón Þórðarson and Anna Jónsdóttir, west to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The family settled in the Geysir settlement. Ólafur grew up …

Sigurjón Þórðarson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1867. He died in the Geysir settlment in 1959. He took the last name Thordarson in the west. Spouse: 1889 Anna Jónsdóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1853, d. 1933. Children: 1. Þórey b. 1889 2. Ólafur Tryggvi b. 1893 3. Signý Rósbjörg b. in Geysir settlement, d. 1944 4. Jóhannes b. …

Andrés Davíðsson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1858. Spouse: Steinunn Jónsdóttir b. 1856 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Children: 1. Víglundur b. 1885 2. Trausti b. 1888 3. Sigríður Katrín b. 1890 4. Guðrún. He bought land in the Geysir Settlement and lived there 16 years. Andrés called the farm Willowhæðir.

Trausti Vigfússon was born in Árnessýsla on July 10, 1869. He died in Arborg on June 18, 1953. Spouse: 1894 Rósa Aldís Oddsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla on June 10, 1874. She died on May 25, 1961. Children: 1. Þórunn b. September 15, 1900 in the Fljóts Settlement. They emigrated west in 1898 and took land in the Geysir Settlement sometime later, …

Guðmundur Gíslason: Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1824. He died in 1902 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: Sigríður Símonardóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1824. She died in 1907 in the Geysir Settlement. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1868 2. Jón b. 1863 Guðmundur and Sigríður came west with their son Guðmundur in 1875. They first lived in New Iceland and …

Jón Jónsson: No information Spouse: Guðný Finnsdóttir: Born in Hnappadalssýsla in 1857. Children: No information. Guðný emigrated west in 1887 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Nothing is know about Jón’s emigration, but they settled in the Geysir Settlement. He studied blacksmithing in the west. Guðný died a few years before Jón and he then lived with Jóhannes Pétursson at Jaðar the last …

Valgerður Sveinsdóttir: Born in Dalasýsla on December 15, 1853. She died on December 10, 1930 in Riverton. Spouse: Þorsteinn Kristjánsson b. 1833 in Dalasýsla. He died in 1897. Children: 1. Júlíana b. 1883 d. 1952 2. Jón 3. Hermann 4. Kristján. Valgerður and Þorsteinn emigrated west in 1878 and settled in Mikley. They lived there until 1897 and after Þorsteinn’s …