Gestur Sigurgeirsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on August 29, 1873.  He died in Blaine, Washington on January 9, 1951. He took the name Gestur S. Stephanson in the west. Spouse: October 2, 1907 Herdís Eggertsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on October 20, 1883. Children: 1. Ólöf Agnes b. August 21, 1908 2. Eggert Haraldur b. March 4, 1910 3. Björn Ingólfur …

Vilhjálmur Stefánsson was born in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland on November 3, 1879. He died on August 26, 1962. He took his father’s middle name. Spouse: April 12, 1942 Evelyn Baird b. in New York of Hungarian descent. Childless In 1881, Vilhjálmur moved south to the Thingvalla settlement in N. Dakota with his parents, Jóhann Stefánsson and Ingibjörg …

Sigurbjörg Helgadóttir was born in Mountain, N. Dakota on November 13, 1897. She died in Gimli, Manitoba on May 8, 1985. Unmarried and childless. Sigurbjörg was the daughter of Helgi Stefánsson and Þuríður Jónsdóttur, who lived in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Sigurbjörg’s exceptional academic abilities were evident early on and she received a good education. A good summary …