Árni Brandsson was born on July 21, 1890 in Patreksfjörður in Barðastrandarsýsla. He died on March 28, 1960 Spouse: March 30, 1917  Kristbjörg Sigurgeirsdóttir b. February 28, 1891, d. September 20, 1956 Children: 1. Sigga b. January 8, 1918 2. Margaret b. November 6, 1919 Árni came west in 1910 and first lived in Winnipeg. Life’s road led him to …

Vigfús Bjarnason was born on August 6, 1852 in Rangárvallasýsla.  He died on March 8, 1929 in Riverton. Spouse: 1) November 29, 1884 Guðrún Ólafsdóttir b. 1855, d. 1902. 2) Sigríður Guðný Guðmundsdóttir (Sigga Goodman) b. February 10, 1873 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. December 18, 1938. Children: With Guðrún: 1. Ólafur b. 1886. 2. Bjarni b. November 18, 1888 3. Hólmfríður …

Finnur Bjarnason was born on October 28, 1839 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on October 25, 1914. Spouse: Jarþrúður Eyjólfsdóttir b. March 4, 1843, d. January 18, 1914. Children: 1. Bjarni b. September 12, 1865 2. Guðfinna b. July 2, 1868, d. November 4, 1918. 3. Ragnhildur b. 1873, d. 1876 4. Borghildur Eyjólfína b. September 20, 1879. 5. Anna …

Guðmundur Jónsson was born on May 8, 1882 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on March 11, 1959. He took the last name Austfjord in the west. Spouse: 1906 Guðfinna Ögmundsdóttir b. May 29, 1873 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on August 4, 1951. Children: 1. Jósefína Kristín (Chrissie) b. November 19, 1906 2. Margrét b. 1908 3. Ögmundur Sigurður (Siggi) b. …

Sveinn Árnason was born on August 1, 1849 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died on July 24, 1923. Spouse: 1873 Þorgerður Jónsdóttir b. October 23, 1844 in Mýrasýsla, d. March 1, 1921. Children: 1.  Ingibjörg b. 1874 2. Jóhannes b. 1875 3. Helga b. 1878 4. Gróa b. 1881. Þorgerður came west in 1900 with her son Jóhannes. They went  to Eyjólfsstaðir …

Jón Björnsson var fæddur í Þistilfirði 27. október, 1855 í N. Þingeyjarsýslu. Dáinn í Nýja Íslandi árið 1947. Bróðir Kristjáns Björnssonar. Báðir skráðir Snæfeld (Snifeld) vestra. Maki: Sigurrós Markúsdóttir f. 9. október, 1858 í Eyjafjarðarsýslu, d. 19.júlí, 1927. Börn: 1. Númi Valdimar f. 1892, d. 1975 2. Soffía Regina f. 1893, d. 1975 3. María Guðný f. 1896, d. 19.92 …

Kristján Björnsson was born on October 21, 1859 in Þistilfjörður in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on October 21, 1933. He had the last name Snæfeld; Snifeld in English. Spouse: 1) Sigurveig Jónsdóttir b. 1867, d. December 6, 1887. 2) Björg Markúsdóttir b. May 15, 1866, d. August 25, 1966 Children: Sigurveig and Kristján had one child who died young. With …

Magnús Magnússon was born in Patreksfjörður in Barðastrandasýsla on December 7, 1859. He died in 1942. Spouse: 1895 Ingibjörg Vídalín Sveinsdóttir b. April 28, 1874 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. October 21, 1940 in Hnausa in New Iceland. Children: 1. Jón Vídalín b. 1895, d. 1963 2. Magnús Ragnar b. April 16, 1896, d. 1976. 3. Helga Þorgerður b. 1898, d. 1932 …

Eyjólfur Benediktsson was born at Eyvindará in S. Múlasýsla on February 13, 1833. He died in 1895 in Mountain, N. Dakota.. Spouse: 1) October 17, 1856 Þóra Nikulásdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on May 3, 1835 d. 1875. 2) September 1, 1878  Sólrún Ketilsdóttir b. May 29, 1837 in Reyðarfjörður in S. Múlasýsla. Children: With Þóra: 1. Anna Sigríður 2. …

Sigurður Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on December 1, 1840. He died in 1898 in Winnipeg. He took the last name Goodman in the west. Spouse: December 22, 1867 Sigurlaug Gunnarsdóttir b. April 3, 1837, d. March 21, 1925. Children: 1. Ingibjörg Guðrún b. March 31, 1868, d. in childhood 2. Gunnar Jón (James Goodman) b. November 9, 1869, d. …