Jón Vernharðsson was born on November 28, 1860 in Árnessýsla. Spouse: Finnbjörg Finnsdóttir b. in Rangárvallasýsla in 1865. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1891 2. Viktoría b. 1892 3. Ingibjörg b. 1893. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893. From there, their path led them south to Pembina, N. Dakota. Jón was the postmaster there for some time.

Finnbjörg Finnsdóttir was born in Rangárvallasýsla in 1865. Spouse: Jón Vernharðsson b. November 28, 1860 in Árnessýsla. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1891 2. Viktoría b. 1892 3. Ingibjörg b. 1893. They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893. From there, they moved south to Pembina, N. Dakota. Jón was the postmaster there for some time.

Guðrún Gísladóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1830. Widow, her husband was Vernharður Jónsson, d. in Iceland. Children: 1. Ísleifur b. July 6, 1857 2. Una b. May 3, 1859, d. young 3. Jón (John Leifur) b. November 28, 1860 4. Valgerður b. September 17, 1863 5. Guðrún b. September 19, 1866 6. Jón, younger b. February 27, 1868 7. …

Viktoría Jónsdóttir was born in 1890 in Árnessýsla. Spouse: Gunnlaugur Tryggvason b. at Langanes in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 14, 1880, d. in Fargo, N. Dakota on July 14, 1964. He had the last name Johnson in the west. Children: 1. June b. June 1, 1920 2. Mayo Leifur b. May 25, 1922, d. in WW II in Europe on …

Þórður Guðmundsen was born in Gullbringusýsla on March 14, 1848. He died on Washington Island on January 29, 1899. He was known as Dr. Thordur Gudmundsen in the west. Unmarried and childless. Þórður’s brother Árni emigrated west in 1872 and settled on Washington Island, Wisconsin. They were the sons of Þórðar Guðmundsen, a sheriff. Þórður studied medicine and, after consulting …