Helga Aradóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on February 17, 1829. She died in Winnipeg on February 2, 1915. Spouse: November 9, 1860 Guðmundur Jónsson of Miðfjordur, d. about 1875. Children: Guðmundur Björn Guðmundsson b. September 17, 1863 in Húnavatnssýsla. Helga sailed west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 with Guðmundur and Guðni Júlíanussson where she worked as his maid. She moved …

Guðni Júlíanusson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on November 19, 1840. He died in Riverton, Manitoba on August 18, 1920. Unmarried and childless. Guðni’s mother was Karitas Þorsteinsdóttir of Dalasýsla. Guðni traveled with his brother Bjarni, his father and step-mother, Júlianus Bjarnason and Ósk Guðmundsdóttir, to New Iceland in 1883. With them was their maid, Helga Aradóttir, and her son, Guðmundur …

Bjarni Júlíanusson was born in Dalasýsla on June 15, 1856. He died in an accident in the Fljóts Settlement in 1894. Spouse: September 21, 1879 Steinunn Gísladóttir b. November 10, 1854, d. January 1, 1898. Children: 1. Júlíana Ósk b. July 7, 1876 2. Karitas b. August 30, 1877 3. Svanborg b. December 4, 1879, d. January 8, 1880 4. …

Hermann Ásgeir Hallsson was born in Dalasýsla on December 2, 1896. He died in Winnipeg on February 12, 1983. Spouse: October 21, 1919 Sesselja Sigríður Hjálmarsdóttir b. in the Geysir Settlement on December 10, 1898, d. 1981. Children: 1. Marvin Freeman b. September 15, 1923 2. Stefán Hjálmar b. December 13, 1935. Hermann came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his …

Einar Þorbergsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on December 6, 1856. He died in Geysir, Manitoba in 1948. Spouse: Margrét Jóna Gísladóttir b. August 16, 1881, d. in Manitoba on August 16, 1963. Children: 1. Steinberg Árilíus b. January 12, 1906 2. Herdís Aðalheiður b. December 7, 1910 3. Þorbergur Helgi b. December 22, 1914, d. 1917 4. Helga Björg b. …

Jóhannes Sigurðsson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1862. Took the last name Strang in the west. He died in Winnipeg on March 25, 1939. Spouse: Guðrún Einarsdóttir b. S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. She died on August 7, 1937 in Winnipeg. Children: 1) Arinbjörn Hamilton 2) Haraldur 3) Aðalbjörg 5) Emma Sigurrós 6) He took land in the Argyle Settlement and lived …

Jóhannes Sigurðsson: Born in Hrísgerði in Fnjóskadal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1852. Died in Manitoba 1894. Spouse: Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir b. 1866 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. in Wynyard September 28, 1938. He came west in 1876 and settled in New Iceland.  He bought land and moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1882.

Þorfinnur Jóhannesson was born at Flaga in Breiðdal in S. Múlasýsla on February 8, 1863. He died in 1944 in Manitoba. Spouse: Karólína Rannveig Andrésdóttir b. in Axarfjördur in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 12, 1869 Children: 1. Jóhannes b. May 2, 1891 2. Andrea b. April 27, 1892 3. Ingólfur b. December 20, 1893 4. Páll b, January 13, 1896 …

Sæmundur Árnason: Born in Múlasveit in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1846. He died on July 2, 1935 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sæmundur lived with, but did not marry, Guðrún Ívarsdóttir born in Ísafjarðarsýsla in 1852. Childless. Sæmundur’s brother was Árni Árnason who lived in the Þingvalla Settlement. Sæmundur emigrated to the Argyle Settlement in 1892 and bought land near Baldur. He spent the …

Soffía Kristjánsdóttir: Born at Krossanes in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She took the name Kristjanson in the west. Unmarried. Children: Carl Kristjánsson. They came west in 1906 and spent the first year in the Tantallon Settlement in Saskatchewan. They moved to the Argyle Settlement in 1932 and then went on to Winnipeg. She operated a food store for Icelandic students for …