Gestur Sigurðsson was born on June 22, 1859 in Mýrasýsla.  He died in the Lundar Settlement on April 6, 1940. Spouse: Valgerður Jónsdóttir b. August 7, 1857, d. June 19, 1942. Children: 1. Gestur Valdimar b. May 10, 1884, d. February 10, 1954 2. Runólfur Lúðvík b. October 19, 1886, d. December 10, 1977 3. Sigríður Ingibjörg (Lizzie) b. September …

Valgerður Jónsdóttir was born in 1817 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Minneota, Minnesota on December 18, 1922. Spouse: Vilhjálmur Gíslason b. 1821, d. before 1880. Children: 1. Vilhjálmur b. July 11, 1856 2. Guðjón b. October 19, 1858. Valgerður and her son Vilhjálmur came west to Minnesota in 1882. They settled in Lyon County.