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 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 …

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 …

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.