Steindór Árnason: Born in Árnessýsla on August 21, 1872. He died on November 29, 1949. Spouse: Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir b. S. Múlasýsla on February 5, 1872, d. March 10, 1935. Children: 1. Björn b. May 27, 1900 2. Rannveig Ingibjörg b. January 28, 1901 3. Rannveig b. 1904 in USA 4. Sigríður b.1905 in Manitoba 5. Þórir (Thorir) b. 1907 in New …

Magnús Gíslason: Born in Mikley on May 8, 1887. He died on November 25, 1961 in Gimli. Spouse: December 31, 1909 Ástríður (Ásta) Einarsdóttir born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on January 24, 1887, d.  May 30, 1957. Children: 1. Einar b. March 1, 1910 2. Gíslína Guðrún b. April 18, 1911  3. Halli b. April 9, 1912 4. Stefán Louis b. …

Þorsteinn Einarsson: Born in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement in New Iceland, the son of Einar Stefánsson Spouse: Sigurborg Þórarinsdóttir born in the Framnes Settlement, the daughter of Þórarins Stefansson in the Framnes Settlement. They took land in the Víðir Settlement but never lived there.  They moved to Winnipeg.

Guðmundur Jónsson: Born in the Árdals-Framnes Settlement. He took his father’s last name Björnsson. Spouse: Ární Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1892. Children: 1. Arnold 2. Franklín 3. Jón 4. Sigurþór 5. Sólrún Guðmundur was the son of Jón Björnsson, an early settler in the Framnes Settlement. Guðmundur bought land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement.

Daníel Pétursson: Born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 29, 1874. He died on February 4, 1971 at the Betel care home in Gimli. Spouse: 1) Þóra Bergsdóttir b. August 22, 1866 in Strandasýsla, d. May 9, 1955. 2) Ingiríður Sigurðardóttir b. August 31, 1879. Children: 1. Eymundur b. June 4, 1897 2. Kristín Ketilríður b. 1899, d. 4 years old 3. …

Einar Stefánsson:  Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on April 8, 1846. He died on May 6, 1910. Spouse: Lovísa Benediktsdóttir b. September 25, 1841 in E. Skaftafellssýsla. She died in 1913. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1870, d. December 18, 1948 2. Stefán b. May 25, 1881 3. Högni b. 1885 4. Ástríður 5. Guðrún 6. Bentína died young 7. Pálína Vilborg 8. …

Kristlaugur Illugason: Born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on January 1, 1863. Spouse: 1906 Margrét Ólafsdóttir born in 1883 in Gullbringusýsla. Children: 1. Valdimar Ágúst (Walter) b. August 28, 1905 2. Sigurrós Elísabet (Sigra or Sarah) b. January 12, 1909 3. Kristbjörg Aðalheiður b. March 11, 1916 4. Thor Jóhann b. January 27, 1920 Kristlaugur came west in 1889, but Margrét emigrated …

Sigurður Árnason was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1884. Spouse: Guðný Sigfúsdóttir was born in the Víðir-Sandy Hill Settlement. Children: 1. Árni 2. Óskar 3. Victor 4. Hulda Sigurður took land with his mother (Katrín Hildibrandsdóttir) in the Víðir-Sandy Hill Settlement and lived there a number of years. He moved from there to Chicago.

Snorri Jónsson: Born in 1856 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla.  He died in 1919 in Manitoba. He took the name Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1881 Kristjana Sigurðardóttir born in the same sýsla in 1860. She died in 1899. Children: 1. Snæbjörn b. 1883 2. Njáll Kristján 3. Erlendur 4. Unnur They came west in 1883 and began farming in Riverton. In …

Ágúst Einarsson was born in 1878 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. Unmarried and childless He came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1904 and took land in the Víðir-Sandy Hill Settlement in 1910 and lived there the rest of his life.