Guðjón Bergur Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson was born in Önundarfjörður in Ísafjarðarsýsla on November 26, 1890.  He had the name George Brown in the west. Spouse: August 25, 1911 Ólafía Barbara Sveinbjarnardóttir b. in Winnipeg on December 2, 1890, d. March 23, 1966. Children: 1. Evelyn b. in Winnipeg on September 30, 1914. Three other children died in childhood. Guðjón first lived …

Ólafur Eggert Briem was born on June 10, 1904 in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland. Spouse: September 11, 1934 Annabelle Veronica McKenzie b. November 4, 1916. Children: 1. Annabelle Olive b. September 11, 1934 2. Margrét Anne b. February 10, 1937 3. John Edward Allan b. October 23, 1938. Ólafur was a journalist and the family lived in Toronto, …

Sigtryggur Hafsteinn Briem was born on November 29, 1892 in Belmont, Manitoba. He died in Riverton on November 15, 1977. He was often called Tryggvi in the west. Spouse: Ingibjörg (Emma) Guðjónsdóttir b. September 9, 1892 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Margrét Aurora b. November 20, 1917 2. Valdimar Hafsteinn Bernhard b. October 9, 1920 3. Lorna Björg b. October 27, …

Valgerður Helen Briem was born on January 19, 1888 in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland. She died on July 4, 1968 in Riverton. She was known as Valla H Briem in the west. Spouse: January 16, 1913 Óli Kristinn Coghill b. in S. Múlasýsla on January 12, 1888, d. August 15, 1939 in Riverton. Children: 1. Guðrún Olive (Lolla) …

Valdheiður Laura Briem was born in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland on January 20, 1885. She died in New Iceland on January 28, 1966. She was often called Val. Spouse: 1916 Albert Edward Ford b. 1887 in Toronto, Ontario, d. January 22, 1957. Childless. Albert was a journalist in Toronto and they lived there until Albert died. Valdheiður then …

Veighildur Mabel Briem was born in the Fljóts Settlement in New Iceland on October 11, 1883. She died in Riverton on February 6, 1942. She took the name Veighildur M. B. Wood with marriage. Spouse: April 26, 1905 Percy de Mantford Wood b. January 3, 1883, d. June 18, 1959. Children: 1. Mollie Eulalie b. January 3, 1906, d. July …

Jakob Ólafsson Briem was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 3, 1857. He died on January 25, 1934 in Gimli. Unmarried and childless. He came to Winnipeg in 1890 and first lived with his sister Rannveig and her husband Sigtryggur Jónasson until 1910. He lived here and there in Winnipeg until 1915, then moved to Betel in Gimli. He worked in …

Ingi S Einarsson was born on August 26, 1912 in the Lundar Settlement. Unmarried and childless Ingi was the son of Einar Guðmundsson Goodman and Þórstína Þorsteinsdóttir who came west about 1890 and first settled in Minnesota. From there, they moved north to Mary Hill a short distance from Lundar, Manitoba. Ingi grew up there, became a farmer in the …

Sveinbjörg Einarsdóttir was born in Mary Hill on June 1, 1904. She had the name Sveinbjorg Einarsson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Sveinbjörg was the daughter of Einar Guðmundsson Goodman and Þórstína Þorsteinsdóttir who came west in 1890, were first in Minnesota, then moved north to Mary Hill near Lundar. Sveinbjörg became a housekeeper for her brothers who never …

Guðný Einarsdóttir was born on September 1, 1899 in Lundar, Manitoba. Spouse: June 5, 1929 Kjartan Kristinsson b. February 4, 1898 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He had the last name Goodman in the west. Childless Guðný was the daughter of Einar Guðmundsson Goodman and Þórstína Þorsteinsdóttir who came west to Minnesota in 1890 and later to Mary Hill near Lundar. Kjartan …