Björg Sveinsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on March 11, 1852. Spouse: May 17, 1884 Stefán Guðmundur Erlendsson b. in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on September 1, 1857. Children: Valgerður Hansdóttir b. April 15, 1881; d. December 19, 1959. Valgerður was Björg’s daughter and was registered as Hansdóttir as a child. This was later corrected, and she emigrated west …

Valgerður Kristjánsdóttir was born in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) on April 15, 1881. She died on December 19, 1959. Spouse: Valgerður was a widow when she came west. Children: 1. Þorvarður Gunnlaugsson b. 1899 2. Gunnlaug Gunnlaugsdóttir b. 1900. Valgerður emigrated west as a widow with her two sons to their Western Home in 1902. Traveling with them was Valgerður’s …

Þorsteinn Gíslason was born in Öræfi in E. Skaftafellssýsla on May 1, 1885. Spouse: September 3, 1914 Pálína Guðbjörg Halldórsdóttir b. March 29, 1893 in Gimli in New Iceland. Children: 1. Guðný b. July 17, 1916, d. in Winnipeg on August 12, 1940 2. Halldóra b. March 13, 1918 3. Gísli b. May 10, 1919, drowned in Lake Manitoba in …