Ketill Valgarðsson was born on October 29, 1861 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in Gimli, Manitoba on February 20, 1945. Spouse: 1) December 17, 1887 Soffía Sveinbjarnardóttir b. in Dalasýsla on March 10, 1857, d. January 28, 1938. 2) December 19, 1941 Steinunn Sigurðardóttir b. in Rangárvallasýsla on June 20, 1867. Children: With Soffía: 1. Sveinbjörn b. in Winnipeg on October 17, …

Valgarður Jónsson was born on January 4, 1828 in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in the Fljóts settlement in 1881. Unmarried Children: With Kristín Brynjólfsdóttur in Breiðafjarðareyjar: 1. Jón b. 1858 2. Ketill b. October 29, 1861, d. in Gimli in 1945. Valgarður and Ketill came west with their housekeeper, Kristín Jónsdóttir, in 1878. They settled in the Fljóts settlement in New …

Önundur Guðbrandsson: Born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1871. Spouse: Kristín Ólafsdóttir: Born in 1875 in the same sýsla. She died in 1923. Children: 1. Guðbrandur 2. Hjörtína 3. Sigurvin 4. Júlíus They emigrated west in 1905 and took land in the Geysir Settlement. They lived there a number of years before selling the land and moving to the Grunnavatns Settlement. From …

Þorgrímur Thorgrímsen was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1869. He died in Keewatin, Ontario on April 3, 1901. Spouse: 1897 Salóme Pálína Þorsteinsdóttir b. October 5, 1867 in Mýrasýsla. Childless. Þorgrímur emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. He got a job with a railway company and lived in the city until 1897, when he became the manager of the southwestern …