Hannes Hannesson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1829. Hannes emigrated west alone to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and may have lived in Kinmount the first winter. He moved to Nova Scotia a year later and remained there until the spring of 1876. He may then have gone back to Iceland, but western sources say he died on the way.  He …

Agnes Jónatansdóttir was born in 1855 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on December 18, 1928 in New Iceland. Spouse: August 19, 1878 Finnbogi Finnbogason born May 13, 1853 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. November 9, 1941 in New Iceland. Children: 1. Guðfinna b. November 19, 1879, d. December 1, 1911 2. Þorbjörg b. July 13, 1883, d. June 3, 1967 3. Andrew (foster son) …

Þorbjörg Finnbogadóttir was born on July 13, 1883 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in Manitoba on January 28, 1942. Spouse: September 21, 1902  Marteinn Magnússon b. in Icelandic River in New Iceland on September 10 1878. He took the last name Jónasson in the west. He died on April 16, 1953. Children: 1. Florence b. September 19, 1907. Þorbjörg emigrated west with …

Ingibjörg Gróa Jónsdóttir was born in Strandasýsla on January 20, 1850. Unmarried and childless. She came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 with her mother, Gróa Daðadóttir, and siblings. They settled in N. Dakota. Information is missing on Ingibjörg’s life in the west.

Kristófer Jóhannesson was born on June 19, 1842 in Strandasýsla. Spouse: Guðlaug Pálsdóttir b. 1841 in Mýrasýsla, d. 1892 in Winnipeg. Children: 1. Jóhannes b. 1874 2. Sigurður b. 1875 3. Pálína Sigríður b. 1876. They came west to Winnipeg in 1882. With them was Guðlaugur’s mother, Steinunn Eiríksdóttir.

Guðlaug Pálsdóttir was born in 1841 in Mýrasýsla, d. 1892 in Winnipeg. Spouse: Kristófer Jóhannesson b. June 19, 1842 in Strandasýsla. Children: 1. Jóhannes b. 1874 2. Sigurður b. 1875 3. Pálína Sigríður b. 1876. They came to Winnipeg in 1882. Traveling with them was Guðlaugur’s mother Steinunn Eiríksdóttir.

Herdís Eggertsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on October 20, 1883. Spouse: October 2, 1907 Gestur  Sigurgeirsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on August 29, 1873, d. in Blaine, Washington on January 9, 1951. He took the name Gestur S. Stephanson in the west. Children: 1. Ólöf Agnes b. August 21, 1908 2. Eggert Haraldur b. March 4 1910 3. Björn Ingólfur b. …

Sigurður Jónsson was born in Strandasýsla in 1864. He took the last name Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1) Grafton, N. Dakota 1887 Björg Vigfúsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1861, d. in Mountain in 1894. 2) 1896 Margrét Þorfinnsdóttir b. 1865 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: With Björg: 1. Jón Vigfús b. March 9, 1889 2. Hallbjörg Hólmfríður b. December 23, …

Sigurjóna Davíðsdóttir was born on November 17, 1856 in Strandasýsla. She died on February 3, 1923 in Duluth. Spouse: December 10, 1887 in Winnipeg, Sigurður Jónsson b. 1866 in Kjósarsýsla, d. August 30, 1935 in St. Louis County in Minnesota. He took the last name Norman in the west. Children: 1. Bertha Kristín b. April 5, 1890 2. Elsie Emily …