Hallgrímur Þorkelsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1838. He died in Curitypa (Curitiba), Brazil in 1880. Spouse: Anna Pálsdóttir b. 1836, d. 1923 in Brazil. Children: 1. Páll b. 1862 2. Vernharður b. 1863 3. Sigtryggur b. 1865 4. Hólmfríður b. 1869, d. in Hamburg 1873 5. Þorkell b. 1871 6. Hólmríður b. in Brazil c.1875. They sailed in …

Anna Pálsdóttir was born in 1836. She died in Curitypa (Curitiba) in Brazil in 1923. Spouse: Hallgrímur Þorkelsson b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1838, d. in Curitypa in Brazil in 1880 Children: 1. Páll b. 1862 2. Vernharður b. 1863 3. Sigtryggur b. 1865 4. Hólmfríður b. 1869, d. in Hamburg 1873 5. Þorkell b. 1871 6. Hólmríður b. in …

Vernharður Hallgrímsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1863. He died in Brazil in 1915. Unmarried and childless. Vernharður went to Brazil in 1873 with his parents, Hallgrímur Þorkelsson and Anna Pálsdóttir. He was a pillar of strength for his mother after Hallgrímur’s death in 1880 and took care of the farm.

Sigtryggur Hallgrímsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1865. Unmarried and childless. Sigtryggur went to Brazil in 1873 with his parents, Hallgrímur Þorkelsson and Anna Pálsdóttir. He died after being bitten by a poisonous snake.

Hólmfríður Hallgrímsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1869. She died in Hamburg, Germany in 1973. She sailed from Akureyri in 1873 with her parents, Hallgrímur Þorkelsson and Anna Pálsdóttir, on the way to Brazil. During the preparations for the voyage from Hamburg, Hólmfríður became seriously ill and died.  

Höskuldur Steinþórsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1887. Spouse: He married an English woman named Clara. Children: Information missing. Höskuldur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888, just a year old, with his widowed mother Anna Jósepsdóttir. They moved from there to N. Dakota. He moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905 and took land near …

Anna Jósepsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1858. Widowed. Child: 1. Höskuldur Steinþórsson b. 1887. Anna came west with Höskuldur in 1888 and settled in N. Dakota.

Guðný Helgadóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1872. She died in Gimli in 1949. Spouse: Björn Jósefsson b. 1855 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on January 12, 1919. Children: 1. Helgi 2. Vilhjálmur 3. Kristján 4. Málmfríður 5. Sigurveig.  Björn also had these children with his first wife: 1. Jóhann 2. Lína d. 1916. Björn came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba …

Hans Níelsson was born 1822 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Died 1912 in the  Ardals Settlement in Manitoba.. Spouse: 1) Hólmfríður Guðmundsdóttir b. 1828 í Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1870. 2) 13. mars, 1878 Guðný Gísladóttir b. 1851 in Norður-Múlasýsla, d. in N.Dakota. Children: With Hómfríður: 1. Jón Folmer b. 1848 2. Edvald Hans b. 1850, did not emigrate 3. Hans Hermann b. 1851 4. Vilhelm …

Þorsteinn Þorláksson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. He died on March 11, 1931 in Winnipeg. He took the last name Thorlakson in the west. Spouse: December 9, 1881 Hlaðgerður Grímsdóttir Laxdal b. in Akureyri in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on June 28, 1864, d. in Winnipeg on November 11, 1941. Children: 1. Daughter, stillborn October 25, 1882 2. Páll Gunnar b. October …