Sigurgeir Sigvaldason was born in Snæfellsnessýsla October 9, 1862. Died in Selkirk in 1831. Spouse: Sigríður Benónísdóttir (Sarah Goodman) b. 1880 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Margrét Jónína Sigrún b. 1906 2. Guðrún Geraldine b. November 23, 1910 3. Hjörtur (Harley) b. February 22, 1912 4. Emil Magnús b. 1917 5. Ellen Halldóra b. November 4, 1921 Liljarós Anna …

Júlíanus Bjarnason was born in Dalasýsla July 29, 1821. Died in New Iceland around 1890. Spouse: November 18, 1857 Ósk Guðmundsdóttir b. September, 1814, d. 1888 in New Iceland. Children: Ósk had 14 children with her first husband, Guðmundur Jónsson seven of whom reached adulthood. One daughter, Guðlaug f. August 30, 1851, emigrated to New Iceland. With Júlíanus: 1) Bjarni b. …

Ísleifur Jónsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1840. Died August 11, 1927 in Glenboro, Manitoba. Used the surname Ísleifsson in Canada. Maki: Þorbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1844, d. March 23, 1924. Börn: 1. Jón f. 1879 2. Björn f. 1883, d. June 7, 1917 3. Ísleifur b. 1884 4. Þorsteinn b. 1885. Þorbjörg emigrated with Jón, Björn and Þorsteinn …

Guðmundur Björn Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla September 17, 1863. Died in Winnipeg March 31, 1897. He took the name Byron Doyle in Canada. Spouse: December 15, 1891 Snjólaug Jónsdóttir (Sadie Stone) b. January, 1870, d. 1944. Children: 1. Christiana Solveig b. April 7, 1893 in Winnipeg 2. Jón Albert b. September 23, 1897, d. in infancy. Guðmundur emigrated to Winnipeg …

Helga Aradóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on February 17, 1829. She died in Winnipeg on February 2, 1915. Spouse: November 9, 1860 Guðmundur Jónsson of Miðfjordur, d. about 1875. Children: Guðmundur Björn Guðmundsson b. September 17, 1863 in Húnavatnssýsla. Helga sailed west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 with Guðmundur and Guðni Júlíanussson where she worked as his maid. She moved …

Guðni Júlíanusson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on November 19, 1840. He died in Riverton, Manitoba on August 18, 1920. Unmarried and childless. Guðni’s mother was Karitas Þorsteinsdóttir of Dalasýsla. Guðni traveled with his brother Bjarni, his father and step-mother, Júlianus Bjarnason and Ósk Guðmundsdóttir, to New Iceland in 1883. With them was their maid, Helga Aradóttir, and her son, Guðmundur …

Bjarni Júlíanusson was born in Dalasýsla on June 15, 1856. He died in an accident in the Fljóts Settlement in 1894. Spouse: September 21, 1879 Steinunn Gísladóttir b. November 10, 1854, d. January 1, 1898. Children: 1. Júlíana Ósk b. July 7, 1876 2. Karitas b. August 30, 1877 3. Svanborg b. December 4, 1879, d. January 8, 1880 4. …

Hermann Ásgeir Hallsson was born in Dalasýsla on December 2, 1896. He died in Winnipeg on February 12, 1983. Spouse: October 21, 1919 Sesselja Sigríður Hjálmarsdóttir b. in the Geysir Settlement on December 10, 1898, d. 1981. Children: 1. Marvin Freeman b. September 15, 1923 2. Stefán Hjálmar b. December 13, 1935. Hermann came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his …

Einar Þorbergsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on December 6, 1856. He died in Geysir, Manitoba in 1948. Spouse: Margrét Jóna Gísladóttir b. August 16, 1881, d. in Manitoba on August 16, 1963. Children: 1. Steinberg Árilíus b. January 12, 1906 2. Herdís Aðalheiður b. December 7, 1910 3. Þorbergur Helgi b. December 22, 1914, d. 1917 4. Helga Björg b. …

Jóhannes Sigurðsson: Born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1862. Took the last name Strang in the west. He died in Winnipeg on March 25, 1939. Spouse: Guðrún Einarsdóttir b. S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1859. She died on August 7, 1937 in Winnipeg. Children: 1) Arinbjörn Hamilton 2) Haraldur 3) Aðalbjörg 5) Emma Sigurrós 6) He took land in the Argyle Settlement and lived …