Alexander Árnason was born in Dalasýsla on August 28, 1866. Spouse: 1897 Oddný Kristjánsdóttir b. 1861 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Jóhanna b. 1890 2. Bjarni b. 1891 3. Lára Sigurlín b. 1899 4. Kristín Sigurlaug b. 1900 5. Ingibjörg 6. Sigríður 7. Helga, Sigríður’s twin sister 8. Þorgrímur. They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and then on to …

Jón Gottvill Pálmason was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1849. Not married. He emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and stayed there until 1875. He moved west to New Iceland in 1875 where he lived until 1878, then moved to Winnipeg. From there, he made his way to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota in 1881, where he took land …