Sigmundur Þorgrímsson was born in 1826 in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla. Died in New Iceland in 1902. Spouse: October 6, 1848 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir b. 1820, d. 1905. Children: 1. Halfdán b. 1849 2. Hansína Guðbjörg b. 1850 did not emigrate 3. Sigríður b. 1851, d. 1852 4. Sigurhanna b. 1853, d. 1860 5. Valdimar b. 1854 6. Margrét Sigríður b. 1856. Sigmundur and Jóhanna …

Sveinn Björnsson was born in Norður-Múlasýsla in 1855. Died in Seattle in Washington in 1941. Spouse: 1881 Kristrún Ólafsdóttir b. in Suður-Múlasýsla in 1855, d. in Seattle in 1929. Children: 1. Ólafur Páll b. in Winnipeg in 1882, d. in Washington State in 1960 2. Anna Þórunn b. 1890 in Seattle 3. Theodore Björn b. 1896 in Seattle. Sveinn grew up …

Soffía Jónsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýslafæd in 1836. Died in Blaine,Washington in 1923. Spouse: Sigvaldi Jónsson, did not emigrate. Children: 1. Steffanía Sigríður b. 1863 2. Jón b. 1866 3. Guðrún b. 1869. Two of Soffia’s children, Jon and Gudrun emigrated to Canada, Guðrún in 1891 and Jon a year later. One Canadian source (IRS) states that Soffía emigrated and lived …

Þorleifur Guðmundsson was born in Dalasýsla October 16, 1853. Died in Duluth May 9, 1932. Leifur Hrútfjörð/Ruthford/Rutford in America. Spouse: Solveig Björnsdóttir b. April 16, 1861 in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, d. January 14, 1918 in Duluth. Children: 1. Snorri Björn b. September 4, 1895 2. Skúli b. July 10, 1897 3. Skafti b. August 30, 1899 4. Diana b. 1902. All the children were …

Karl Gústaf Stefánsson fæddist í Winnipeg í ágúst, 1890. Maki: 1) Rannveig Friðriksdóttir 2)

Jón Eiríksson was born in Mýrasýsla in 1864. Spouse: Elín Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1856 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. í Lundarbyggð January 11, 1944. Died: 1. Sigurður Jón b. 1918 2. Einar 3. Svanborg 4. Solveig d. in Quebec 1900. In 1890 Jón and Elín are farmhands at Knarrarnes in Mýrasýsla.  During the last decade of the 19th century the above listed children were …

Halldór Einarsson was born in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Vilborg Gunnlaugsdóttir b. 1849 at Flögu in Breiðdal, S. Múlasýsla. She was the daughter of Gunnlaugur Bjarnason and Helga Þorvarðardóttir. Children: 1. Sigurbjörg 2. Helga 3. Einar b. 1889 4. Guðný. They came west in 1889 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and from there onward to Cavalier, N. Dakota. They moved north to the …

Árni Frímann Magnússon was born March 27, 1854 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Freeman in Canada. Wife: 1885 Jónína Elísabet Björnsdóttir b. 1856 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: 1. Vilbald 2. Magnea 3. Magdalena 4. Ada 5. Guðrún 6. Emily. They emigrated from Iceland in 1884 and went to Winnipeg. They were among the first Icelanders to settle in the Lundar Settlement in …

Jón Jónsson was born in 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the name Jon Jonasson in the west. Spouse: Ágústa Jóhannesdóttir b. 1871 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Þorbergur (Beggi) b. 1897, d. 1923 2. Ástfríður (Ada) b. 1898, d. 1966 3. Wilhelm (Bill) b. 1902, d. 1978 4. Lára b. 1907 5. Þorsteinn b. 1911, d. 1957. They emigrated …

Filippus Jónsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla in 1864. He died in the Lundar Settlement in 1937. He took the name Philip Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1896 in Winnipeg, Þórdís Þorsteinsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1869, d. 1948 in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Steinþóra b. 1897 2. Gilbert b. 1899 3. Pauline b. 1901 4. Valtýr (Walter) b. 1903 5. Stefán …