Sigurbjörn Jónsson
Herdís Einarsdóttir
Herdís Einarsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1861. She died in Manitoba on August 8, 1926. Spouse: 1888 Jósep Benjamínsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1849. Children: 1. Valdimar b. 1887 2. Lilja Guðný 3. Valdheiður b. in the Geysir settlement on September 23, 1893. 4. Einar. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. They went to the Geysir settlement …
Jósep Benjamínsson
Jósep Benjamínsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1849. He died on July 25, 1935. Spouse: 1888 Herdís Einarsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1861, d. August 8, 1926. Children: 1. Valdimar b. 1887 2. Lilja Guðný 3. Valdheiður 4. Einar. They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. They moved to the Geysir Settlement where Jósep bought land and called it …
Sigríður Lárusdóttir
Sigríður Jakobína Lárusdóttir was born on August 12, 1876 in Húnavatnssýsla. Spouse: July 29, 1909 Guðmundur Daníelsson b. in Gullbringusýsla on June 26, 1878. He took the name Guðmundur D. Grímsson in the west. Children: 1. Anna Sigríður b. June 16, 1910 2. Jón Vilberg b. October 15, 1917. Guðmundur came west with his parents, Daníel Grímsson and Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir in …
Björn Illugason
Björn Illugason was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1816. Spouse: Sigurbjörg Bjarnadóttir b. 1809 in Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Steinunn b. 1842 2. Guðrún b. February 24, 1849, d. March 5, 1947 3. Sæmundur b. 1851 4. Sigríður b. 1851. Björn emigrated west to New Iceland in 1876 together with his wife, children, and two sons-in-law.
Sigurbjörg Bjarnadóttir
Sigurbjörg Bjarnadóttir was born in 1809 in Húnavatnssýsla. Spouse: Björn Illugason born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1816. Children: 1. Steinunn b. 1842 2. Guðrún b. February 24, 1849, d. March 5, 1947 3. Sæmundur b. 1851 4. Sigríður b. 1851. Sigurbjörg and Björn emigrated west to New Iceland in 1876 together with their children, two sons-in-law, and grandchildren.
Halldór Halldórsson
Halldór Halldórsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1834. Spouse: Steinunn Björnsdóttir b. 1842 in Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1867 2. Metta b. 1870 3. Signý b. 1874. They emigrated west to New Iceland in 1876.
Steinunn Björnsdóttir
Steinunn Björnsdóttir was born in 1842 in Húnavatnssýsla. Spouse: Halldór Halldórsson born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1834. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1867 2. Metta b. 1870 3. Signý b. 1874. They emigrated west to New Iceland 1876, together with Steinunn’s parents, Björn Illugason and Sigurbjörg Bjarnadóttir, and her siblings.
Guðrún Björnsdóttir
Guðrún Björnsdóttir was born on February 24, 1849 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on March 5, 1947 in N. Dakota. Spouse: 1879 in New Iceland Guðmundur Gíslason born in Húnavantssýsla in 1861. He died in N. Dakota in 1913. Children: they had five children, two sons died as infants, but three children reached adulthood: Gísli and daughters, Mrs. J. H. Hallgrimson …
