Jón Sigurðsson was born in Mýrasýsla in 1862. Spouse: 1888 María Kristín Friðfinnsdóttir b. 1861 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Children: 1. Sigurdís 2. Helgi 3. Friðfinnur 4. Sigurður 5. Vigdís 6. Gestur. María had two boys, Sigurð and Kristinn Kristjánsson with Kristinn Tómasson prior to her marriage.. Jón emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 but María Kristín had done so the previous …

Hannes S. Blöndal was born in Rangárvallasýsla on October 25, 1863. Spouse: Soffía Jónatansdóttir b. in Mýrasýsla on July 2, 1896. Children: 1. Valtýr b. January 27, 1896 2. Ragnheiður b. 1898, d. in the west. 3. Ragnar Halldór b. May 3, 1901 4. Axel b. October 31, 1904. They emigrated to Winnipeg in 1900 and lived there seven years. …

Guðrún Sigurðardóttir was born in Mýrasýsla on August 10, 1874. She died in Winnipeg on May 24, 1962. Spouse: 1905 Guðjón Magnússon b. in Barrie, Ontario on September 15, 1877. d. in Cypress River, Manitoba on July 7, 1942. He took the last name Ruth in the west. Children: 1. Roy Herbert b. in Winnipeg on January 21, 1907 2. …