Finnur Finnsson: Born in 1853 in Snæfellsnessýsla Spouse: Guðrún Snorradóttir who died in Iceland Children: Georg Thordal b. 1884 Finnur emigrated as a widower in 1900 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement.
Böðvar Helgason
Böðvar Helgason was born in Mýrasýsla in 1889. He took the last name Jakobsson in the west. Spouse: 1914 Guðlaug Eyjólfsdóttir b. in the Geysir Settlement. Children: 1. Ingibjörg 2. Þórey 3. Helgi 4. Böðvar. Böðvar took land in the Geysir Settlement.
Hermann Ólafsson
Hermann Ólafsson: Born in S. Múlasýsla in 1847. He died in 1905 in the Geysir Settlement. Spouse: Þóra Vigfúsdóttir b. 1842, d. in Iceland. Children: Geir Tryggvi b. 1880. Hermann came west to New Iceland with his son in 1893 and lived in the Geysir Settlement.
Jón Pálsson
Jón Pálsson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on September 10, 1887. Spouse: May 8, 1913 Una Friðný Jónasdóttir born on October 30, 1876 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Jóhannes b. April 1, 1914 2. Lilja Jónasína b. December 22, 1915 3. Páll b. September 19, 1917 4. Valdimar b. September 14, 1919 5. Sigrún Sigurlín b. October 2, 1921. Jón emigrated west with …
Kristján Bessason
Kristján Bessason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1869. Spouse: Guðrún Vigfúsdóttir b. 1869 in Rangárvallasýsla. Children: 1. Vigfúsína b. 1900 2. Elín Hermína b. 1903 3. Valgerður b. 1903. Kristján and the family emigrated west in 1904 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement. Guðrún died shortly after and Kristján moved the family to Selkirk.
Þorgrímur Pálsson
Þorgrímur Pálsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 5, 1880. Spouse: 1915 Guðrún Helgadóttir b. October 31, 1895 in the Geysir Settlement. Children: 1. Helgi 2. Pálmi Sigurjón 3. Haraldur 4. Sigrún 5. Ingibjörg 6. Steingrímur. Þorgrímur emigrated west with his parents in 1883. He lived with his parents in the Geysir Settlement and bought his own land in 1900.
Baldvin Halldórsson
Baldvin Halldórsson was born on June 28, 1863 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in the Fljóts Settlement on September 18, 1934. Spouse: April 4, 1900 Jóhanna María Ólafsdóttir b. April 6, 1877 in S. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Herbert b. September 28, 1900 2. Baldwin b. June 2, 1902 3. Ingibjörg b. August 23, 1903 4. Albertína Jóna b. December 1, 1904 …
Tómas Sigurðsson
Tómas Sigurðsson: Born in 1865 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Spouse: 1900 María Halldórsdóttir born in the Fljóts Settlement on March 24, 1880, d. in Steep Rock on May 6, 1940. Children: 1. Ethel Violet b. June 13, 1898 2. Leó Mitchell b. April 2, 1900 3. Jóhann Tístran b. September 16, 1902 4. Thelma b. June 2, 1905 5. Ingibjörg b. December …
Pétur Guðmundsson
Pétur Guðmundsson: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1853. He died in the Geysir Settlement on June 5, 1924. Spouse: 1) Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir b. 1850 2) Margrét Sigurðardóttir b. 1851 Children: With first wife: 1. Guðmundur b. 1877. With second wife: 1. Sigurður b. 1888 2. Ragnhildur b. 1890 3. Rannveig b. 1894. They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and …
Björn Geirmundsson
Björn Geirmundsson: Born in S. Múlasýsla in 1833. Spouse: 1) Halldóra Jónsdóttir 2) Guðrún Jónsdóttir b. in the same sýsla 1833. Children: With first wife: 1. Þorbergína b. 1875 2. Sigurbjörn b. 1877 They came west in 1886 and bought land in the Geysir Settlement.
