Benedikt Gíslason fæddist í S. Múlasýslu árið 1853. Maki: Ólöf Ólafsdóttir f. 1854. Börn: 1. Anna Björg f. 1881 2. Ólöf Halldóra f. 1885. 3. Jón 4. Eiríka Fluttu vestur til Winnipeg í Manitoba árið 1889. Námu land í Akrabyggð sama ár og bjuggu þar til ársins 1906 en þá fluttu þau í Vatnabyggð í Saskatchewan.

Björn Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on May 13, 1839. He died in Riverton on April 16, 1921. Spouse: 1) 1861 Guðrún Hallgrímsdóttir b. October 28, 1829, d. April 1, 1898 2) Elísabet Jónsdóttir b. September 23, 1842. No children. Björn emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893; Guðrún had emigrated in 1889. She had a relative in the Fljóts Settlement …

Soffía Hallgrímsdóttir was born on February 9, 1855 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. December 23, 1932. Spouse: Jón Jónsson Vestmann was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on March 20, 1860, d. May 6, 1920 in Seattle, Washington. Children: 1. Jón Vestmann b. 1900 in N. Múlasýsla. They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1901 and continued west to the Pacific.