Þorsteinn Jónsson was born in 1865 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He was known as Þorsteinn Gauti Jónsson in the west. Spouse: 1906 Áslaug Jónsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1883, d. 1978. Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1906 2. Jórunn b. 1908 3. Ester b. 1910 4. Jón b. 1912 5. Haraldur b. 1915 6. Kristbjörg Margrét b. 1915 7. Málmfríður Nanna …

Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir  was born on June 10, 1883 in Dalasýsla. Spouse: 1901 Jósef Oddsson b. February 9, 1875. He took the name J. O. Magnusson in the west. Children: 1. Emily 2. Lára Sigurrós 3. Katrín Margrét 4. Esther Steinunn 5. Florence Ólína 6. Alice Jónína. Ingibjörg was just a few weeks old when her parents, Jón Jónasson and Katrín Guðbrandsdóttir, …

Guðrún Lúðvíksdóttir was born in 1853 in Húnavatnssýsla and died in N. Dakota before the turn of the century. Spouse: Halldór Guðjónsson b.in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1864. Children: 1. Sigurjón Blöndal 2. Sigrún Ólafía 3. Emilía Sigríður. Halldór and Guðrún came west in 1883 to N. Dakota. In 1901, he moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba and in 1903 to Washington State. He …

Björg Vilhelmína Jónsdóttir was born on November 8, 1884 in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota. She died on January 15, 1939 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Spouse: August 22, 1905 Hallgrímur Sigurjónsson b. August 23, 1882 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Winnipeg July 19, 1968. He took the last name Axdal in the west. Children: 1. Guðrún b. February 23, 1906 2. …

Kristbjörg Elín Gísladóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. She had the last name Bíldfell. Spouse: Vigfús Sveinsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1890. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Children: 1. Edvard Helgi 2. Sveinbjörg Þórunn 3. Gíslína Valgerður. Kristbjörg was the daughter of Gísli Jónsson Bíldfell and Valgerður Eiríksdóttir, early settlers in the Lakes …

Guðrún Steingrímsdóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 5, 1870. Spouse: October 21, 1890 Guðmundur Elías Guðmundsson b. in Árnessýsla on April 29, 1867, d. in Washington on September 29, 1957. He took the last name Goodman in the west. Children: 1. Elísabet b. November 4, 1891, died as a child in Iceland 2. Matthías b. January 29, 1893 3. Sigrún …

María Þórðardóttir was born in 1896 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Spouse: Filippus Ólafsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1883. He took the name Phillip Austmann or Eastman in the west. Children: Wilma Kristín 2. Jón 3. Lilly (Geirlaug) 4. Esther 5. Philip 6. Kristján 7. Lloyd María was the sister of Guðlína Þórðardóttir, the wife of Olgeir Austmann, Filippus’ brother. She came …

Guðlína Kristbjörg Þórðardóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1881. Spouse: Olgeir Ólafsson b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1886 in Saskatchewan in 1838. He took the last name Austmann or Eastman in the west. Children: 1. Kristín 2. Þóra 3. Fjóla. Two foster sons: 1. Wilfred 2. Walter. They also lost two young daughters. Olgeir came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his …

Elías Einarsson fæddist í Borgarfjarðarsýslu eftir 1880. Elias Olson vestra. Maki: Marta (Martha) Magnúsdóttir. Börn: upplýsingar vantar. Elías flutti vestur til Winnipeg árið 1877 með foreldrum síum, Einari Ólafssyni og Guðbjörgu Ólafsdóttur. Elías flutti til Spy Hill,eins og bræður hans, Ólafur og Einar. Þaðan lá svo leið hans og Mörtu til Edmonton. Marta var dóttir Magnúsar Ingimarssonar og Vilborgar Hannesdóttur.

Guðný Guðmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in Gullbringusýsla in 1889. She took the last name Johnson in the west. Unmarried. Childless. Guðný was the daughter of Guðmundur Jóhannesson of northern Iceland and Sigríður Ólafsdóttir from Akranes who lived in Reykjavík in 1890. Guðný came west to Winnipeg in 1902 and lived there for some time before she moved west to …