Karítas Árnadóttir fæddist í Skagafjarðarsýslu árið 1818. Dáinn í N. Dakota árið 1886. Ekkja og einstæð móðir. Hún fór vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1878 en þangað var þá Jón Jónsson sonur hennar kominn. Saman settust þau að í Hallsonbyggð í >N. Dakota ári seinna. Og þar dó Karítas.

Gísli Árnason was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1867. Spouse: Guðríður Jónsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 2, 1867, d. in Gimli on May 6, 1929. They divorced. Children: Kristín Stefanía b. December 2, 1888, d. January 6, 1957. Gísli emigrated west along to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888.

Kristján Kristjánsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1843. He took the last name Skagfjörð in the west. Spose: Ásta Þóra Jónasdóttir b. 1833 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1908 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Jón b. 1866 2. Þóra b. 1868. Both children died of smallpox in New Iceland in 1877. They took in two foster sons in N. Dakota; one name Jón …

Ásta Þóra Jónasdóttir was born in 1833 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in 1908 in Manitoba. Spouse: Kristján Kristjánsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1843. He took the last name Skagfjörð in the west. Children: 1. Jón b. 1866 2. Þóra b. 1868. Both children died of smallpox in New Iceland in 1877. They took in two foster sons in N. Dakota; one …

Jón Jónsson was born on November 8, 1854 at Hörgárdal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Hörgdal in the west. Spouse: June 19, 1880 Kristrún Hallgrímsdóttir b. 1861 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Alfred 2. John Wilhelm 3. Hólmfríður María 4. Emilía 5. Hallgrímur 6. Jón 7. Árni 8. Valdemar 9. Elínborg 10. Guðbjörg Sigrún. Jón came west across the …