Björn Vernharðsson was born in Árnessýsla in 1836. Spouse: Kristín Erlendsdóttir b. 1841. Children: 1. Sigríður Björnsdóttir b. 1867 2. Margrét b. 1870. They emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873. They lived there until 1881 when they moved to Washington Island where they remained.  

Bárður Nikulásson was born on March 24, 1850 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died in a car accident in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in December, 1925. He took the last name Nicol in the west. Spouse: Hallfríður Oddsdóttir b. 1832 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. on Washington Island in 1916. Foster children: 1. Ingibjörg Jónasdóttir b. 1869 2. Ásgrímur Adolfsson b. 1876, listed as Oscar …

Sæmundur Friðriksson: Born in Árnessýsla in 1862. Died in 1892 in N. Dakota. Spouse: September 14, 1885 Valgerður Kristjánsdóttir born in 1862. She died on February 23, 1908. Children: 1) Björn Ingólfur 2) Valdimar Friðrik 3) Kristinn 4) Karl. Valgerður is said to have been married before and had a son, Þorgeir Jónsson, with her first husband*. Sæmundur came to …

Guðrún Finnsdóttir was born in Rangárvallasysla in 1870. Spouse: Bjarni Sturlaugsson b. in Dalasýsla on November 22, 1864, d. March 22, 1846 in Saskatchewan. Children: They had one child who died at age one. Bjarni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived in N. Dakota the first years. He moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba in 1902 and lived there five …