Jakob Guðmundsson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1867 Spouse: 1894 Guðrún Guðbrandsdóttir b. 1863 Children: 1) Ragnar Emil b. November 4, 1899. Died September 18, 1986 2) Helga Ingibjörg b. September 10, 1902 Jakob went west in 1892.  Guðrún and Ragnar Emil joined him in Manitoba in 1900. They took land in the Framnes and Árdals Settlement in 1901, but sold …

Pétur Stefán Guðmundsson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 27, 1856.  He died in 1936. Spouse: 1878 Guðrún Benjamínsdóttir b. November 7, 1853. Died in 1943. Children: 1) Benjamín b. September 22, 1879 2) Guðmundur b. August 25, 1880 3) Ingibjörg Ágústa b. August 13, 1881 4) Davíð b. December 6, 1884 5) Sigurbjartur b. March 22, 1898 6) Guðrún Þórdís …

Ólafur Ólafsson : Born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 26, 1853. He was known as Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1896 Ragnheiður Bjarnadóttir b. 1871.  Died October 26, 1937. Children: 1) Sigurlaug Soffía (Sella) b. June 20, 1897 2) Hólmfríður b. January 6, 1899 3) Guðrún b. 1900 4) Kjartan Sveinn b. June 25, 1902 5) Bjarni b. May 31, 1903 …

Árni Bjarnarson:  Born at Hrauney at Mývatn in 1869. (Recorded as Bjarnason in A Century Unfolds). Died in 1947 Spouse: Solveig Jónsdóttir b. Skútustöðum 1869. Died in 1958. Children: 1) Sigríður María b. 1899. Died in 1911 2) Sólveig b. January 28, 1897 3) Sigríður María They came west in 1893 and settled in Selkirk, MB, living there 11 years …

Sigfús Sveinsson: Born July 8, 1833 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died December 14, 1917 He came to the Framnes and Ardals Settlement from N. Dakota in 1901. He traveled with Tryggvi Ingjaldsson and family from N. Dakota. He was unmarried and childless.

Guðmundur Jóhannesson: Born in 1877 in Svalbarðshreppur in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla. Died in Winnipeg December 31, 1954. Spouse: 1901 Kristveig Grímsdóttir born in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla in 1878, died in Portage la Prairie August 11, 1964. Children: 1) Grímur  b. June 17, 1901 2) Ingólfur b. November 7, 1903 3) Guðrún Ása b. 1905  4) Metúsalem b. 1908 5) Adolf  6) Karl Robert b. …

Matúsalem Jónsson*: Born in Þistilfjord in N. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1854. He was known as Metúsalem in the west. Spouse: 1877 Ása Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir b. 1848 Children: 1) Jón b. 1876 2) Einar b. 1880 d. 1904 3) Frímann b. 1881 4) Þorbergur b. 1882 5) Kristveig 6) Þorbjörg b. 1892. They also adopted Gísli Sigurbjart Johnson. They moved west 1883 …

Þorsteinn Sveinsson: Born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1873. He died in 1953. He took the name Thorsteinn Swainson in the west. Spouse: 1896 Kristín Jóhannesdóttir b. 1875 Children: 1) Ingólfur 2) Ari 3) Anna  4) Sveinn stayed in Iceland. 5) Björn 6) Valtýr Jóhannes 7) Guðríður 8) Aðalheiður Brynhildur. They came west in 1905 and bought land in the Framnes-Árdals …

Karvel Halldórsson was born in Suður-Múlasýsla in 1834. Died 1925 in Manitoba. Spouse: Sigrún Runólfsdóttir b. 1843 in Suður-Múlasýsla, d. in 1926. Children: 1. Jón b. 1860 2. Svava b. 1861 3. Halldór 4. Gunnar Emigrated in 1883 and went to Gimli, Manitoba where they lived in the beginning. They homesteaded north of the village and lived there for some time.

Björn Abrahamsson:  He was born in 1834 in N. Múlasýsla and died in 1923. Spouse: Björg Pétursdóttir in the same sysla, born in 1849. She died on July 14, 1936. Children: 1) Jakob b. 1879, died June 23, 1970. They came west in 1903 and settled in the Framnes Settlement in 1904.