Sæmundur Jakobsson was born in Mýrasýsla on October 15, 1853. He died on August 26, 1941. He took the last name Jackson in the west. Spouse: Helga Helgadóttir b. in Mýrasýsla in 1857, d. December 3, 1926. Children: 1. Jakob b. 1884 2. Guðrún b. 1886 3. Arnfríður b. 1889 4. Helgi b. 1891 5. Guðfinna b. 1893 6. Jón …

Sigurður Ólafsson was born in Mýrasýsla in 1840. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba in 1916. Spouse: Vigdís Jónsdóttir b. in Hnappadalssýsla in 1828. Children: 1. Jón b. 1862. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 and took land in the Árnes Settlement. They named their farm Heggstaður and lived then until 1912 when they moved to Selkirk.

Guðmundur Erlendsson was born on April 10, 1848 in Mýrasýsla. Spouse: May 17, 1885 Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir b. 1850 in Mýrasýsla. Children: 1. Þjóðbjörg b. 1885 2. Sigurást b. 1887 3. Sigurmundur They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and stayed there for several years before taking land in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland in 1898. They named their farm …

Sigurður Ingimundur Sigurðsson was born in Mýrasýsla on October 2, 1882. He died in Lundar on January 29, 1965. He had the name Ingimundur Sigurdson in the west. Spouse: July 16, 1911 Ásta Jóhannsdóttir Straumfjörð b. September 1, 1879 in Mikley, d. September 13, 1966. Children: 1. Jóhann Straumfjörð b. May 22, 1912 2. Bergþóra Kristbjörg b. March 28, 1915 …

Sigurður Sigurðsson was born on August 18, 1841 in Mýrasýsla. He died in Lundar on May 9, 1929. Spouse: Bergþóra Bergþórsdóttir b. April 26, 1841, d. August 16, 1903. Children: 1. Þórður b. July 6, 1880, d. April 5, 1950 2. Sigurður Ingimundur b. October 2, 1882 3. Gróa b. March 15, 1884 4. Ragnheiður b. December 20, 1885. Bergþóra …

Bergþóra Kristín Bergþórsdóttir was born on April 26, 1941 in Mýrasýsla. She died on August 16, 1903 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigurður Sigurðsson b. August 18, 1841 in Mýrasýsla, d. in Lundar on May 9, 1929. Children: 1. Þórður b. July 6, 1880, d. April 5, 1950 2. Sigurður Ingimundur b. October 2, 1882 3. Gróa b. March 15, 1884 4. Ragnheiður …

Dýrfinna Sigurðardóttir was born in Mýrasýsla in 1840. She died in the Lundar Settlement on January 29, 1919. Spouse: Ingimundur Pálsson d. in Iceland. Children: Guðfinna Þóra Þórðardóttir b. 1862, came west as a widow. Dýrfinna came west in 1887 with her house masters, Sigurður Sigurðsson and Bergþóra Bergþórsdóttir. Bergþóra’s first husband, Þórður Guðmundsson in Ánabrekka was the father of …