Jónas Stefansson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on January 16, 1845. He drowned in Gimli Harbor on September 1, 1911. Spouse: November 30, 1873 Steinunn Grímsdóttir b. 1848 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Steinunn b. 1873 in Iceland 2. Eugine 3. Sigtryggur 4. Jónassína. They emigrated to Ontario in Canada in 1874 and remained there until mid-1875. They moved west to Winnipeg …

Guðrún Pálsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on April 14, 1863. She died in Manitoba on April 8, 1937. Spouse: December 10, 1881 Jóhann Ólafsson Briem b. December 7, 1845 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. in the Fljóts Settlement on July 3, 1938. Children: 1. Veighildur Mabel b. 1883 2. Valdheiður Laura b. 1885 3. Páll Marino b. 1886 4. Valgerður Helen b. 1888 …

Margrét Magnúsdóttir was born on January 4, 1834 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died in New Iceland on October 29, 1919. Spouse: Páll Pétursson born on February 10, 1828 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on March 9, 1895. Children: They had 13 children, 5 died in Iceland. Came west: 1. Jóhann Pétur b. 1859, d. of smallpox in 1876 2. Guðrún b. …

Jón Sigurður Pálsson fæddist í Skagafjarðarsýslu árið 1868. Dáinn í Nýja Íslandi 1932. Maki: 1901 Kristín Björnsdóttir f. í Húnavatnssýsla árið 1882, d. 1946. Börn: eignuðust ekki börn en ólu upp tvö. Jón fór vestur með foreldrum sínum, Páli Péturssyni og konu hans, Margréti Magnúsdóttur og systkinum árið 1876. Jón fór með þeim í Fljótsbyggð í Nýja Íslandi og bjó …