Sigríður Gísladóttir was born on January 6, 1815 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1893. Spouse: Benedikt Bjarnason b. 1803 in N. Múlasýsla, d. July 31, 1876 in Iceland. Children: 1. Björn b. 1839 2. Margrét b. April 10, 1842 3. Gísli b. October 30, 1845, d. December 4, 1845 4. Þórður b. …

Þórður Benediktsson was born on September 16, 1848 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota in 1904. He took the last name Benson in the west. Spouse: María Sveinsdóttir b. 1854 in N. Múlasýsla. Children: 1. Sveinbjörn b. 1875 2. Sigríður b. 1877 3. Guðbjörg b. 1880 4. Helga Þórunn b. December 2, 1881 …

María Sveinsdóttir was born in 1854 in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: Þórður Benediktsson b. September 16, 1848 in S. Múlasýsla, d. in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota in 1904. He took the last name Benson in the west. Children: 1. Sveinbjörn b. 1875 2. Sigríður b. 1877 3. Guðbjörg b. 1880 4. Helga Þórunn b. December 2, 1881 4. Lukka …

Björn Benediktsson was born in S. Múlasýsla in 1839. Unmarried and childless. He came west to Canada in 1883 with his mother, Sigríður Gísladóttir, and brother Þórður and his family. They settled near Akra, N. Dakota and lived there until 1894. They moved to the Mouse River Settlement where the brothers worked lands near the village of Upham.  

Sigríður Þórðardóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on March 14, 1877. She died in N. Dakota in 1925. She took the name Sarah Benson in the west. Spouse: Jónas Helgason b. April 23, 1875 in Mýrasýsla, d. in 1946 in Bellingham, Washington. He took the last name Goodman in the west. Children: 1. María (Mary) Sigríður b. February 27, 1897. …

Helga Þórunn Þórðardóttir was born on December 2, 1881 in N. Múlasýsla. Spouse: 1907 Sveinn Einarsson b. in Barðastrandarsýsla on December 5, 1874, d. in  Bellingham, Washington on May 12, 1961. He took the name Swain Westford in the west. Children: They had 11 children, 7 sons and 4 daughters: 1.Victor 2. Einar 3. Grímur 4. Oscar 5. Fredrick 6. John …