Einar Jobson was born in the Hnausa Settlement in Manitoba on February 16, 1879. He died in the Víðir Settlement in 1961. He took the name Einar J. Sigurðsson or Einar Sigurdson in the west. Unmarried and childless. Einar was the son of Job Sigurðsson and Þórunn Bjarnadóttir. He grew up with his mother in N. Dakota and in the …

Sigurjón Bergvinsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on February 26, 1848. He died in Manitoba on April 19, 1934. Spouse: 1) Margrét Jónsdóttir b. 1853 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1885 2) Anna Stefanía Þorkelsdóttir b. 1863 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1922. Children: With Margrét: 1. Steinvör Véfreyja b. 1881 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. 1911. With Anna: 1. Margrét b. August 9, 1888, …

Guðrún Einarsdóttir was born on March 25, 1855 in Strandasýsla. Dáin árið 1934. Spouse: 1892 Helgi Jónsson b. in Strandasýsla on August 13, 1855, d. October 12, 1913 in Manitoba. Children: 1. Anna Sigurbjörg 2. Albertína (Ina) Guðrún 3. Helen Margrét Guðrún came west about 1890 and moved to Manitoba. Helgi moved there in 1885 and took land in the …

Halldór Guðmundsson was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. Unmarried. Child: 1. Ingibjörg. Halldór would have come west quite early in the Emigration Period. He went to N. Dakota and stayed there until 1899. He then went to Iceland but returned a year later. He settled in Morden, Manitoba, took land there, but never lived there. He lived the longest at the home …

Sigríður Eirikka Eiríksdóttir fæddist árið 1860 í S. Múlasýslu. Maki: Sveinbjörn Sigurðsson f. í N. Múlasýslu árið 1857. Börn: 1. Eirika Sigurbjörg f. 1880 2. Guðný Margrét f. 1889 3. Emilía Aðalbjörg Þau fluttu vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1884. Þau bjuggu nokkur ár þar í borg en fluttu þaðan norður í Álftavatnsbyggð.

Magnússína Sigurrós Pálsdóttir was born in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnbyggð). She died in 1964. She was known as Rosa in the west. Spouse: Guðmundur Guðmundsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1877. Children: 1. Olga 2. Esther 3. Leo 4. Guðmundur Allan 5. Páll (Paul) 6. Ted 7. Gerry Guðmundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 with his mother, Halldóra Þórðardóttir, and …

Þórdís Ásgrímsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1832. Spouse: Sölvi Þórarinsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1832. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1863 2. Björg b. 1865. They are mentioned in one western resource. It says that Guðmundur came west with his parents from Iceland to Winnipeg in Manitoba in 1883.

Kristján Sigurðsson was born in N. Dakota on May 3, 1884. Spouse: Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir. Children: They had four sons.  Information on them is missing. Kristján was the son of Sigurður Kristjánsson and Halldóra Guðnadóttir, pioneer settlers in N. Dakota near Mountain. Kristján grew up there, but took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1904 and moved there in 1906. …

Björg Jónsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on December on 18, 1879. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1963. Spouse: 1900 Jón Búason b. in Ísafjarðarsýsla on February 12, 1872, d. in Saskatchewan on October 3, 1936. He took the name John Buason in the west. Children: 1. María Emily b. September 8, 1901 2. Guðmundur Gunnar 3. Þorbjörg 4. …

Margrét Andrésdóttir was born in New Iceland in 1888. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in the spring of 1941.  She took the name Margaret Solvason in the Lakes Settlement. Spouse: Sveinn Sveinsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1870, d. in Kandahar in the Lakes Settlement in 1933. He took the last name Solvason in the west. Children: 1. Óskar Sveinn …