Sigfús Sveinsson: Born July 8, 1833 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died December 14, 1917 He came to the Framnes and Ardals Settlement from N. Dakota in 1901. He traveled with Tryggvi Ingjaldsson and family from N. Dakota. He was unmarried and childless.

Guðmundur Jóhannesson: Born in 1877 in Svalbarðshreppur in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla. Died in Winnipeg December 31, 1954. Spouse: 1901 Kristveig Grímsdóttir born in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla in 1878, died in Portage la Prairie August 11, 1964. Children: 1) Grímur  b. June 17, 1901 2) Ingólfur b. November 7, 1903 3) Guðrún Ása b. 1905  4) Metúsalem b. 1908 5) Adolf  6) Karl Robert b. …

Matúsalem Jónsson*: Born in Þistilfjord in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1854. He was known as Metúsalem in the west. Spouse: 1877 Ása Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir b. 1848 Children: 1) Jón b. 1876 2) Einar b. 1880 d. 1904 3) Frímann b. 1881 4) Þorbergur b. 1882 5) Kristveig 6) Þorbjörg b. 1892. They also adopted Gísli Sigurbjart Johnson. They moved west 1883 …

Þorsteinn Sveinsson: Born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1873. He died in 1953. He took the name Thorsteinn Swainson in the west. Spouse: 1896 Kristín Jóhannesdóttir b. 1875 Children: 1) Ingólfur 2) Ari 3) Anna  4) Sveinn stayed in Iceland. 5) Björn 6) Valtýr Jóhannes 7) Guðríður 8) Aðalheiður Brynhildur. They came west in 1905 and bought land in the Framnes-Árdals …

Karvel Halldórsson was born in Suður-Múlasýsla in 1834. Died 1925 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigrún Runólfsdóttir b. 1843 in Suður-Múlasýsla, d. in 1926. Children: 1. Jón b. 1860 2. Svava b. 1861 3. Halldór 4. Gunnar Emigrated in 1883 and went to Gimli, Manitoba where they lived in the beginning. They homesteaded north of the village and lived there for some time.

Björn Abrahamsson:  He was born in 1834 in N. Múlasýsla and died in 1923. Spouse: Björg Pétursdóttir in the same sysla, born in 1849. She died on July 14, 1936. Children: 1) Jakob b. 1879, died June 23, 1970. They came west in 1903 and settled in the Framnes Settlement in 1904.

Sigtryggur Indriðason: was born in 1869 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in 1942.  He was known as Tryggvi Davies in the west. Spouse: 1899 Guðný Þorvaldsdóttir born in 1874 in Mýrasýsla. She died in 1923. Children: 1) Björg Indíana b. 1900 2) Valdimar b. 1902 3) Jóhann b. 1904 4) Sigmundur Helgi b. 1908 5) Erlendur b. July 27, 1911 …

Sigríður Árnadóttir: Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1865. Spouse: 1899 Guðmundur Guðmundsson b. 1867 in the same sysla, d. 1904 Children: 1) Vigdís b. 1898 2) Bergur b. 1901 3) Steinunn. They came west in 1902.  As a widow, Sigríður settled on land in the Framnes Settlement in 1905.

Magnús Sigurðsson was born in Mýrasýsla in 1856. Died September 21, 1945. Spouse: 1886 Guðrún Jónsdóttir f. 1861 in Húnavatnssýsla. Börn: 1) Þorgrímur b. 1886 2) Guðrún 3) Þuríður b. 1890. Magnús emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1901 but Guðrún, Þuríður and Þorgrímur the year before. They lived in Headingley, west of Winnipeg the first year but moved to Árdals- and Framnes …

Jón Geirsson was born on March 20, 1865 at Árbakki in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in 1949. Spouse: 1) Andrea Lund d. 1895 2) 1898 Ragnheiður Gísladóttir d. 1856 Children: With Andrea: 1. Þorbjörg 2. Andrea Petrea, twin born in Iceland in 1886.  With Ragnheiður: 1. Geirfríður 2. Ingsteinn Gísli Jón came west in 1893 and settled in Winnipeg. He moved to …