Margrét Guðbrandsdóttir was born on September 25, 1849 in Strandasýsla. She died in N. Dakota on July 14, 1900. Spouse: 1872 Jón Brandsson born in Dalasýsla on July 6, 1843. He died in N. Dakota August 5, 1921. Children: 1. Guðbrandur b. June 1, 1874, d. June 29, 1944. Better known as Brandur J. Brandsson in the west 2. Áskell b. …

Hafliði Guðbrandsson was born on September 30, 1859 in Dalasýsla. He died in N. Dakota on April 26, 1935. Spouse: May 29, 1895 Steinunn Þórðardóttir born in Barðastrandarsýsla in 1862, d. April 6, 1948. Child: Sigurrós Hafliði came west to Minneota, Minnesota in 1878. He lived there until 1880 when he moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Steinunn …

Guðbrandur Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on June 1, 1874. He died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 29, 1944. He took the name Brandur J. Brandson in the west. Spouse: October 5, 1905 Aðalbjörg Benediktsdóttir b. September 2, 1878 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. February 18, 1954. Children: 1. Jón Theodor b. July 11, 1906, d. 1910 2. Nanna Margrét b. …

Áskell Jónsson was born on December 5, 1875 in Dalasýsla. He died on July 2, 1948 in Washington. He had the name Keli J. Brandson in the west. Spouse: February 15, 1906 Oddný Guðmundsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1881, d. April 10, 1965 in Stafholt in Blaine Children: Childless, but they raised these two: 1. Helga b. September 16, 1906, …

Hans Sigurður Ólafsson was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1848. Spouse: Kristveig Jóhannesdóttir b. November 30, 1850 in Strandasýsla, d. in Bellingham, Washington on March 12, 1918. Children: 1. Hans b. 1876 in Dalasýsla. They came west to Canada in 1876 and moved to New Iceland.

Kristveig Jóhannesdóttir was born on November 30, 1850 in Strandasýsla. She died in Bellingham, Washington on March 12, 1918. Spouse: 1) Hans Sigurður Ólafsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1848, d. in or after 1880 2) Sigurður Jósúa Björnsson b. November 11, 1848, d. 1923. Children: With  Hans: 1. Hans b. 1876 in Dalasýsla. With Sigurður: 1. Helga b. 1889 d. January …

Guðríður Hannesdóttir was born on November 4, 1842 in Dalasýsla. She died on March 14, 1925 in N. Dakota. Spouse: Jón Guðmundsson b. 1832, d. 1892 in Iceland Children: They had five sons and one daughter. Guðríður came west in 1894 with her grandson, Baldvin Skarpéðinsson. They went to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota where her son and Baldvin’s …

Hans Hansson was born in Dalasýsla on September 9, 1875. Child. Hans came west in 1876 with his parents, Hans Ólafsson and Kristveig Jóhannsdóttir, and settled with them in New Iceland. Little is known about Hans’ life in the west.  

Daníel Guðmundsson: Born in Dalasýsla on November 17, 1852. He took the name Johnson in the west.  He died in 1895 in Minnesota. Spouse: Nov. 17, 1878 Arnbjörg Kristjánsdóttir b. December 13, 1849 in Dalasýsla, d. June 1, 1905. Children: With Þóra Jónsdóttir: 1. Kristján (Chris) b. December 1, 1875. With Arnbjörg: 1. Magnús b. Oct. 16, 1878 2. Sturlaugur …