Guðjón Einarsson: Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on September 12, 1863. He died on December 24, 1946. Spouse: 1907 Elín Andrésdóttir born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on May 29, 1885. She died on September 22, 1952. Children: 1. Björn Andrés b. April 1, 1910. Two other children died in childhood. Guðjón emigrated west in 1902 and first lived in Winnipeg. He moved to …

Björn Árnason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1856. He died in 1919. Spouse: 1888 Björg Jónsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1862. Children: 1. Sigurlaug b. 1889 2. Guðrún Anna b. 1891 3. Guðmundur b. June 17, 1895 4. Halli, died young. Björn came west alone in 1883 and, in the same year, Björg came west with her mother and siblings. They …

Gísli Markússon: Born in Blöndudal in Húnavatnssýsla in 1866. He took the name Blöndal. Spouse: Lára Signý Vigfúsdóttir from Skaftafellssýsla b. 1875 Children: 1. Gestur b. 1903, d. 1904 2. Sigríður b. 1904 3. Gestur Markús b. February 25, 1905 4. Lillian Valentine b. October 27, 1914. Gísli emigrated west to Winnipeg in 1889 and lived there. Lára emigrated early …

Bergur Jónsson: Born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1878. He took the name Hornfjörð (Hornfjord) in the west. Spouse: 1899 Pálína Einarsdóttir b. E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1877 Children: 1. Sigurjón b. 1901 2. Gautrekur They came west in 1902 and lived in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement. Sigurður Pálsson, b. 1895, and Eiríkur Þorsteinsson, b. 1891, were raised by Berg’s parents, Jón …

Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on December 12, 1886. She died on March 10, 1984. She took the last name Magnusson in the west. Spouse: October 10, 1911 Guðbergur Magnússon b. January 21, 1884 in Gullbringusýsla, d. in Iceland on February 19, 1922. Children: 1. Hólmfríður b. September 7, 1912 2. Vilborg Sigríður b. October 26, 1917 3. Guðmundur b. …

Kristjón Kristjónsson was born in New Iceland. Spouse: 1924 Jónína Steingrímsdóttir b. in New Iceland Children: 1. Lovísa Frances 2. Arnþór Kristjón He took land in the Víðir-Sand Hill Settlement.

Sigurður Sigvaldason: Born in New Iceland. Spouse: 1924 Eggertína Þorleifsdóttir b. in 1896 in Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Ingibjörg 2. Arleif 3. Lilja 4. Sveinn. Sigurður was the son of Sigvald Jóhannesson and Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir. He grew up in New Iceland; Eggertína emigrated with her parents in 1904. They settled in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement.

Lárus Sölvason was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1857. Spouse: Lilja Einarsdóttir b. 1856 in Húnavatnssýsla. Children: 1. Jóhannes b. 1887 2. Edward died young 3. Sigurður 4. Sigríður 5. Sigurbjörg. Lárus had a son, Kára Skarphéðinn, later with Júlíana Bjarnadóttir. They came west in 1890 to Manitoba. They took land in the Víðir-Sand Hills Settlement.

Jakob Sigvaldason: Born in New Iceland in November 25, 1884. He died on October 9, 1953 in the Víðir Settlement. Spouse: 1907 Unnur Snorradóttir born in Riverton on November 26, 1883. Children: 1. Kristján b. January 11, 1908 2. Guðrún Anna b. November 5, 1910 3. Arnfríður b. June 24, 1912 4. Geirþrúður b. June 23, 1914 5. Jakob b. …

Björn Ingvar Sigvaldason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla on April 17, 1878. He died on July 14, 1947. Spouse: 1909 Lára Guðnadóttir. She was the daughter of Guðni Jónsson and Þóra Jónsdóttir. both from Árnessýsla. She died on January 31, 1986. Children: 1. Þórarinn Guðni b. July 16, 1910 2. Ingibjörg Sigrún b. July 23, 1911 3. Anna b. July 1,1912 4. …