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.

Rögnvaldur Jónsson was born on November 25, 1834 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in the Argyle Settlement in Manitoba on June 17, 1922. Spouse: June 17, 1868 Sigurlaug Guðmundsdóttir b. February 17, 1842 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. July 5, 1916. Children: 1. Lilja b. September 10, 1869 2. Jón b. May 13, 1871. They came to New Iceland in 1876 and first …

Vigfús Sveinsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1890. He took the last name Anderson in the west. Spouse: Kristbjörg Elín Gísladóttir (Bíldfell) b. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Edvard Helgi 2. Sveinbjörg Þórunn 3. Gíslína Valgerður Vigfús came west with his parents to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1900 and grew up in the …