Valgerður Hallgrímsdóttir was born in 1882 in Árnessýsla. Spouse: Jóhann Gunnlaugur Stefánsson born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1871. Childless, but they raised two foster children. Valgerður came west with his parents, Hallgrímur Guðmundsson and Þórey Ingimundardóttir, to the United States in 1888 and first came to New York. The family moved from there to Duluth and his sister, Jónína, was born there …

Grímur Guðmundsson fæddist í Árnessýslu árið 1854. Dáinn í Manitoba árið 1937. Goodmanson vestra. Maki: Ingibjörg Erlendsdóttir f. í Árnsessýslu árið 1855, d. 1934. Börn: 1. Jónína 2. Kristinn 3. Gréta. Fóru vestur barnlaus árið 1886 til Winnipeg í Manitoba og þaðan áfram í Þingvallabyggð í Saskatchewan. Árið 1894 fluttu þau austur í Big Point byggð.

Guðrún Pétursdóttir was born on February 8, 1876 in Árnessýsla. Spouse: 1898 Jónas Jónasson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on September 11, 1867, d. in Winnipeg on April 21, 1941. Childless, but they raised Guðrún Ívarsdóttir, Guðrún’s sister’s daughter. Guðrún came to the West in 1888 with her parents, Pétur Einarsson and Halla Magnúsdóttir, and siblings. She had a hard time in …

Páll Guðmundsson was born in 1865 in Árnessýsla. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on December 31, 1948. He took the name Paul Goodman in the west. Spouse: Ingiríður Magnúsdóttir b. January 6, 1870 in Gullbringusýsla, d. December 28, 1944 at home in Selkirk. Children: 1. Paul Wilberg b. February 25, 1905, d. October 1, 1959. They came to the West …