Guðfinnur Pétursson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 31, 1898. He took the name Finnur Bjarnason in the west. Spouse: Kristín Pálsdóttir from Helgastöðum in New Iceland. Guðfinnur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1914 with his parents, Pétur Bjarnason and Sigríð Helgadóttir, and his sister Margrét. They settled in Mikley.  Finnur studied in Winnipeg in 1920 as a barber …

Lilja Kristjánsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1806. Widow. She came west to Canada in 1876 with her son, Rögnvaldur Jónsson, his wife, and their children. They settled in New Iceland.

Gísli Jakob Benediktsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 15, 1887. Spouse: September 2, 1911 Ólína Ingveldur Kristjánsdóttir b. May 31, 1880 in Mýrasýsla. Children: 1. Bennetta Thelma b. October 8, 1912, d. 1932 2. Kristín Guðrún b. December 4, 1914 3. Aðalheiður Pearl b. January 27, 1916 4. Haraldur Ásgeir Jóhannes b. October 29, 1926. Gísli came to the …

Sveinn Árnason fæddist árið 1858 í Skagafjarðarsýslu. Maki: Þórunn Jóhannsdóttir f. 1861 í Skagafjarðarsýslu. Börn: 1. Árni f. 1888 2. Vigfús f. 1890 3. Kjartan f. 1892. Þau fóru vestur til Winnipeg ó Manitoba árið 1900 og þaðan áfram í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan. Námu land í Foam Lake byggð.