Gísli Árnason born 25 December 1851 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Died 12 April 1917. Spouse: 1877 Dýrunn Steinsdóttir b. 1856 died 1953 Children: 1. Guðrún b. February 14, 1877, died August 7, 1943  2. Árni (Anderson) b. 1879, died 1894 3. Steinunn b. April 3, 1882, died July 31, 1946 4. Björn (Anderson) b. November 3, 1884, died April 29, 1965 5. …

Magnús Guðmundsson: Fæddur í Víðir- og Sandhæðabyggð. Skráður Ásmundsson Maki: Kona af enskum ættum Tók land í Víðir- og Sandhæðabyggð.

Jakob Jónatansson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1883. He always used the last name Líndal. Spouse: Þórunn Ólafsdóttir b. in Manitoba, the daughter of Ólaf Kristjánsson and Júlíana Jónsdóttir. Chldren: 1. Jónatan 2. Jóhann 3. Ólafur 4. Jósef 5. Sigurður 6. Júlíana. Jakob’s parents were Jónatan Líndal Jónatansson and Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir. He bought land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement where he …

Gróa Helga Jónatansdóttir: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1857. She died on April 25, 1924. Spouse: Arthur Hibbert from Manchester, England. Children: 1. James Júlíus Jónatan b. October 21, 1905 2. Henry Líndal b. 1907 3. Oliver Harold b. 1909 4. Gústaf Stefán b. 1910, d. 1917 5. Ingibjörg (Emma) Helga b. 1913 6. Gústaf Arthur b. 1921 7. Thorsteinn Alfred …

Björn Jóhannsson: Born on November 21, 1847 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in Elfros, Saskatchewan on May 19, 1922. Spuse: Sigurbjörg Símonardóttir b. in Dalasýsla on April 18, 1853, d. October 27, 1945. Children: 1. Ágúst b. 1887 2. Jóhanna 3. Sigurður 4. Gísli 5. Jónas 6. Helgi 7. Davíð They came west in 1887. They lived some years in Winnipeg, …

Björn Ólafsson: Born in the Fljóts Settlement on February 10, 1884. He died in Vancouver on January 13, 1972. Spouse: April 24, 1909 Þuríður Jóhannesdóttir born in the Fljóts Settlement, d. 1962. They bought land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement in 1911 and lived there 16 years. They moved to Saskatchewan in 1927 and lived on the Canadian prairie.

Jóhannes Tryggvi Sigurðsson was born in N. Dakota on March 18, 1882. His father was Job Sigurðsson and his mother was Þórunn Bjarnadóttir. Spouse: 1908 Guðrún Björg Hallgrímsdóttir born in S. Múlasýsla on May 10, 1890. Children: 1. Laufey Pálína b. 1909 2. Gunnar Einar b. 1910 3. Þórunn Esther b. 1912 4. Stefanía b. 1914 5. Ingibjörg b. 1916 6. …

Jónas Jóhannesson: Fæddur í Nýja Íslandi. Ókvæntur og barnlaus. Ólst upp í föðurhúsum, sonur Jóhannesar Jónassonar og Höllu Jónasdóttur. Jóhannes féll frá árið 1904. Eftir lát hans flutti ekkjan með barnahóp sinn á land í Víðir-og Sandhæðabyggð. Hún dó 1929. Þau kölluðu landnámið sitt Jaðar og var það fyrirmyndarbú.

Sigurður Kristjónsson was born in New Iceland. Spouse: 1901 Hildur Sigfúsdóttir b. in the Fljóts Settlement. Children: 1. Þóra Sigrún 2. Friðrik 3. Sigfús 4. Halldór Reykjalín b. May 9, 1908 5. Sigurður Hildibrandur 6. Kristjón Baldur 7. Hildur Sigríður 8. Ásgeir Ingvi 9. Salín Rannveig 10. Erlingur Sveinn died in childhood.

Sigfús Franklín Sigfússon was born in the Fljóts Settlement on February 1, 1885. He died at Betel in Gimli on March 14, 1958. He had the last name Pétursson (Peterson) as did everyone in the family. Spouse: Aldís Magnúsdóttir b. July 28, 1880, d. November 19, 1967. Children: 1. Pétur b. September 9, 1907 2. Brynhildur b. May 5, 1913 3. …