Hjörleifur Traustason fæddist árið 1875 í S. Þingeyjarsýslu. Dr. Hjörleifur Kristjánsson vestra. Upplýsingar um fjölskylduhagi vantar. Hjörleifur fór vestur um haf árið 1883 með foreldrum sínum, Trausta Kristjánssyni og Sigrúnu Sigurðardóttur. Fjölskyldan settist að í Garðarbyggð í N. Dakota. Þar ólst Hjörleifur upp og kaus menntaveginn og varð læknir í Milwaukee.

Ólafur Jónasson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1836. Spouse*: Elín Magnúsdóttir b. in 1832 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. Children: With Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir 1. Una b. 1865 2. Ásta b. 1875. Ólafur and Elín emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876, he with his two daughters; she as a widow, with six children. He had worked for Elín at Halldórsstöðum in …

Magnús Vilhjálmur Magnússon was born on May 25, 1858 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota on December 13, 1918. He took the last name Melsted in the west. Spouse: Valgerður Kristjánsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on June 20, 1858, d. September 21, 1898 in N. Dakota. Some western sources identify her as Valney Stephan. Children: 1. Elín Stefanía b. …

Jóhannes Frímann Magnússon was born on August 29, 1859 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Wynyard, Saskatchewan on August 15, 1930. He took the last name Melsted in the west. Spouse: 1886 Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir b. 1865 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. They divorced in 1910. The widow Hólmfríður Hörgdal moved in with Jóhannes with four children. She had been married to Edward …