Jóhanna Geirlaug Jóhannsdóttir was born in Mountain, N. Dakota on April 13, 1888. She took the name Lauga Geir. Unmarried and childless. Jóhanna was the daughter of Anna Jónsdóttir and Jóhann Geir Jóhannesson. Her father died in the autumn of 1887 and she was taken in as a foster child by the couple Þórdís Guðmundsdóttir and Davíð Jónsson. She went …

Anna Helga Eiríksdóttir was born on May 15, 1897 in the Árnes settlement in New Iceland. She took the name Frisk with marriage. Spouse: February 14, 1928 Floyd Francis Frisk, of Swedish and Danish descent. Children: 1. Raymond Eric b. January 30, 1929 in Winnipeg. Anna Helga was the daughter of Eiríkur Eiríksson and Guðlaugur Helgadóttir, who came west in …

 Clara Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir was born in the Árdals settlement in Manitoba on December 21, 1906. She took the last name Fulford with marriage. Spouse: September 28, 1946 Frank Fulford. Childless. Clara was the daughter of Gunnar Oddsson and Sesselja Sveinsdóttir. Gunnar died in 1907 and Sesselja alone took care of her daughter’s upbringing in Arborg. The women moved to Winnipeg …

Kjartan Valdimar Sveinsson was born in Gimli in New Iceland on September 11, 1910. He had the last name Geirhólm in the west. Spouse: July 3, 1937 Guðný Þorfinnsdóttir b. November 9, 1916. Children: 1. Valdin Þorbjörg Dianne b. November 23, 1938 2. Leslie Harold b. April 19, 1944 3. Frances Marsibil b. December 19, 1953. Kjartan was the son …

Sveinn Markússon was born in Reykjavík on November 19, 1878. Spouse: 1905 Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir b. April 4, 1879 in Árnessýsla, d. in Gimli on July 16, 1936. Children: 1. Kjartan Valdimar b. September 11, 1910 2. Florence Elizabeth b. February 5, 1913 3. Oscar Sigurður b. 1916. Sveinn came west to Manitoba in 1902. He settled in Gimli in 1908 …