Sveinn Oddsson was born in Reykjavík on January 14, 1883. He died in Winnipeg on November 29, 1959. Spouse: July 7, 1906 Margrét Ásgrímsdóttir (Westdal) b. in Swede Prairie, Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota, d. in Minneapolis on April 25, 1944. Children: 1. Lúðvík Halldór b. January 28, 1907, d. May 1, 1955 2. Ásgrímur Valdimar b. April 18, 1909, …

Jóhannes Pálsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on January 22, 1854. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on November 20, 1930. He took the last name Borgfjörð (Borgfjord) in the west. Spouse: September 5, 1882 Elísabet Snorradóttir b. June 8, 1852, d. November 29, 1931. Children: 1. Rannveig Karólína b. September 27, 1882 2. Sigríður Guðný b. December …

 Elísabet Snorradóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on June 8, 1852, d. November 29, 1931 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Spouse: September 5, 1882 Jóhannes Pálsson b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on January 22, 1854, d. in the Lakes Settlement on November 20, 1930. He took the last name Borgfjörð (Borgfjord) in the west. Children: 1. Rannveig Karólína b. September 27, 1882 …

Þóra Ásmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on October 15, 1892. Spouse: February 11, 1913 Sigurður Jónsson b. in Snæfellsnessýsla on May 7, 1881. He took the name Johnson in the west. Children: 1. Valtýr Bergman b. February 22, 1914 2. Esther Margrét b. March 25, 1916 3. Herbert Skúli b. April 16, 1918 4. Harald b. January 15, 1921 5. …

Vigfús Sæmundur Ásmundsson was born on September 24, 1895 in Reykjavík. Spouse: August 24, 1935 Aline Mary McGrath b. January 28, 1914. Children: 1. Vigfús Anthony b. August 8, 1936 2. Craig Magnús b. March 23, 1938 3. Jón Michael b. Janaury 12, 1941, 4. Mary Irene b. June 2, 1942 5. Roderick Vincent b. June 10, 1944 6. Nancy …

Stefán Stefánsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla on June 8, 1877. Unmarried and childless. Stefán came to the West in 1903 and settled in Winnipeg. He had been fishing in Iceland, so he began in his first winter fishing in Lake Winnipeg. A year later he went north to Moose Lake where he continued fishing in the winter and did construction …

Jónína Þuríður Jóhannesdóttir was born on June 29, 1893 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. Spouse: January 13, 1918 Páll Valdimar Pálsson b. in Winnipeg on May 3, 1894. Children: 1. Valdimar b. December 11, 1918 2. Elísabet b. February 27, 1920 3. Jóhannes b. May 26, 1921 4. May Pauline b. May 3, 1930. Jónína’s parents were Jóhannes Pálsson and Elísabet Snorradóttir who …

Lárus Bjarni Rafnsson was born at Akranes in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on February 3, 1879. He took the last name Nordal in the west. Spouse: 1902 Rósa Davíðsdóttir b. November 9, 1866 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla d. 1948. Children: 1. Anna Karólína b. September 6, 1902. Lárus came west across the sea to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 where he spent the next four year …