Jón Þórhallsson was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla in 1841. He died on July 17, 1922 on Washington Island, Wisconsin.  He took the name John Thorhallsson Johnson in the west. Spouse: Þórunn Gísladóttir b. 1840, d. 1908. Children: 1. Ágústa b. 1863 2. Magnús b. 1864 3. Þorlákur b. 1871 4. Benedikt b. 1874 5. Þuríður b. 1876. Traveling with them …

Sigurður Sigurðsson was born in W. Skaftafelssýsla in 1859. Unmarried and childless. Sigurður emigrated west from Skúmsstaðir in Árnessýsla in 1884. He first travelled to Winnipeg but then set out for Washington Island, Wisconsin in the same year.