Guðmundur Jónsson was born at Vík in Sæmundarhlíð in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1876. Spouse: 1) Guðbjörg Magnúsdóttir b. 1878 d. 1908. She was the daughter of Magnús from Fjall 2) Guðný Benediktsdóttir d. 1933 Children: With Guðbjörg: 1. Hermanía Guðmundur came west with his mother Sigríður Bjarnadóttir in 1888. They were in New Iceland to begin with but in 1891, they …

Alexander Eldjárn Jónsson was born on August 26, 1869 in Höfðahverfi in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in 1949 in Manitoba.  He took the last name Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1) 1893 Margrét Friðbjarnardóttir b. 1872 in S.Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1918. 2) 1922 Júlíana Guðrún Diðriksdóttir b. Gullbringusýslu in 1877. Children: 1. Friðjón 2. Ármann 3. Eldjárn 4. Margrét 5. Guðrún 6. …

Jón Júlíus Árnason was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 30, 1849. He took the last name Anderson in the west. He died on June 2, 1925 in Manitoba. Spouse: 1) Margrét Árnadóttir died in Iceland 2) Guðrún Sigurðardóttir b. in Sléttuhlíð in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. 1913. Children: With Margrét: 1. Sölvi b. 1875 2. Margrét b. 1876 3. Júlíana b. 1877 4. …

Brynjólfur Jósefsson: Fæddur á Borgum í Þistilfirði í N.Þingeyjarsýslu 26. mars, 1852. Maki: Guðný Sigurðardóttir f. 1854 í Núpasveit í N. Þingeyjarsýslu. Börn: Áttu ekki börn en ólu upp fósturdóttur, Símonía Símonardóttir f. 1880 Fluttu verstur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1888 og þaðan áfram í Argylebyggð en þá var allt land þar numið. Ári seinna námu þau land í …

Halldór Abrahamsson: Born in N. Múlasýsla in 1824.  He died in 1905. Spouse: His wife died as he moved west. Children: Einar b. 1854 in the same sýsla Halldór came west in 1883 and settled in Sandhæða, N. Dakota. He took land there but later moved to Mouse River, N. Dakota. He again took up land and lived there until …

Benedikt Guðmundsson: Born on October 8, 1868 in Torfastaðahreppa in Húnavatnssýsla. He died on April 16, 1929. Spouse: 1) 1896 Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir born in the same sýsla in 1874. She died December 11, 1908. 2) Guðrún Jónsdóttir Children: With Ingibjörg:  1) Sigurrós b. 1897. Died 1905 2) Ólafía Helga b. February 7, 1899. Died March 19, 1984 3) Sigurður Vilberg …

Jón Magnússon: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1866.  He died February 27, 1953. He took the name Borgfjörð in the west. Spouse: 1889 Guðrún Eggertsdóttir b. June 26, 1868 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died December 8, 1959. Children: 1) Magnúsína Helga b. December 11, 1890 2) Sigríður Marta 3) Dýrfinna b. March 7, 1898 4) Lára Halldóra b. December 31, 1901 5) Páll …

Guðmundur Magnússon: Born in Mýrasýsla on May 27, 1870. He took the name Borgfjörð in the west. Spouse: 1891 Þórunn Hallgrímsdóttir Children: 1) Helga Elísabet b. November 19, 1892 2) Magnús b. January 24, 1894 3) Victor Ágúst b. October 18, 1899 4) Bjarni Sólberg b. June 24, 1901 5) Lilja María b. August 7, 1903 6) Albert b. August …

Jón Jónsson: Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1874. Spouse: 1) Kristín Stefánsdóttir died July 13, 1906 2) 1908 Oddný Sigfúsdóttir b. 1874 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1) Marcel Thorberg b. March 10, 1901 with Kristín 2) Jón Kristinn Björgvin b. 1909 with Oddný Jón was 14 years old when he came west as Jón Jónsson from Saurbær.  He took land in the  …

Gunnar Guðmundsson: Fæddur árið 1857 í S. Múlasýslu. Dáinn 1920. Maki: Veróníka Eiríksdóttir var fædd í sömu sýslu 1854. Dáin 1944. Börn: 1. Eiríka f. 1883 2. Svanbjörg f. 1884 3. Rósamunda f. 1889 4. Hjálmar f. 1892. Ein dóttir Jóhanna fór ekki vestur. Þau ólu ennfremur upp fósturson, Gunnar Alexandersson. Fluttu frá Vatni í Skagafirði árið 1900 og bjuggu …