Pétur Hjálmsson was born on May 15, 1863 in Þverárhlíð in Mýrasýsla. He died on January 30, 1950 in Innisfail, Alberta. He was known as Rev. Petur Hjalmsson in the west. Spouse: June 30, 1903 Jónína Jónsdóttir b. November 29, 1872 in Mýrasýsla. Childless. Pétur was the son of Hjálmur Pétursson, member of Allthing, and Helga Árnadóttir. He graduated from …

Hjörtur Bergsteinsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla on May 1, 1865. He died in Saskatchewan on June 10, 1956. Spouse: September 21, 1894 Þórunn Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir b. May 27, 1873. Children: 1. Baldur b. August 31, 1895 2. Ingólfur b. March 6, 1897 3. Leifur b. February 21, 1899 4. Gunnar Hrafn b. November 30, 1900 d. in Souris, Manitoba on …

Gróa Sæmundsdóttir was born on May 19, 1897 in Mýrasýsla. Spouse: March 29, 1929 Davíð Magnússon b. in Cavalier County, N. Dakota on May 5, 1899. Children: 1. Erling b. September 29, 1933. Gróu’s parents were Sæmundur Jakobsson and Helga Helgadóttir, who came west in 1899 and settled in the Svold settlement in N. Dakota. Davíð was the son of …

Helga Helgadóttir was born in Mýrasýsla in 1857. She died in N. Dakota on December 3, 1926. Spouse: Sæmundur Jakobsson b.in Mýrasýsla on October 15, 1853, d. in the Svold settlement on August 26, 1941. He took the last name Jackson in the west. Children: 1. Jakob b. 1884 2. Guðrún b. 1886 3. Arnfríður b. 1889 4. Helgi b. …