Sigurður Sigurðsson was born in W. Skaftafelssýsla in 1859. Unmarried and childless. Sigurður emigrated west from Skúmsstaðir in Árnessýsla in 1884. He first travelled to Winnipeg but then set out for Washington Island, Wisconsin in the same year.

Magnús Jónsson was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1864. Unmarried and childless. He emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1886.

Margrét Jónsdóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1857. Spouse: Gunnar Bjarnason d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Reginbald b. 1879 2. Sigríður b. 1880. Margrét was a widow when she emigrated west with her daughter in 1884. They lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.