Þórarinn Þorvaldsson was born in Mýrasýsla September 28, 1823. Died in New Iceland in 1893. Spouse: September 23, 1853 Kristín Jónsdóttir b. September 19, 1827 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Died December 26, 1911. Children: 1. Þorvaldur b. December 4, 1855, d. August 22, 1929 2. Halldóra b. 1866 3. Stefán b. 1869 4. Ástríður b. 1872. They came west by sea in 1883 …

Benjamín Benjamínsson was born in Hnappadalssýsla in 1886. He died in the Árdals Settlement in 1916. Spouse: 1913 Eiríka Gunnarsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on January 5, 1883, d. February 8, 1963 in the Árdals Settlement. She was listed as Eirikka (Rikka) in the west. Children: 1. Gunnar b. November 3, 1904 2. John Roosevelt Bjerring b. March 13, 1908 3. Ingibjörg …