Mathias Adolf Thorfinnson fæddist í N. Dakota 10. júlí, 1893. Maki: 5. júlí, 1918 Olga Inez Ross f. 8. febrúar, 1893 í Wisconsin, d. 9. september, 1869 í St. Paul, Minnesota. Barnlaus. Foreldrar Mathias voru Þorlákur Þorfinnsson og Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir í N. Dakota. Hann kaus menntaveginn og nam landbúnaðarfræði í ríkisháskólanum í N. Dakota árið 1917. Hann varð svo, að …

Salbjörg Guðrún Fjelsted was born in Lundar on December 4, 1926. Spouse: December 4, 1947 John Tompson b. May 30, 1947 from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Children: 1. Gary Stephen b. September 22, 1949 2. Nornan Lloyd b. September 11, 1950 3. John b. November 9, 1951 4. Clifford Dean b. February 23, 1952 5. Laura Marie b. May 1, 1956 …

Sigurður Gíslason was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on August 31, 1849. He died at Betel in Gimli on December 14, 1923. He took the last name Thorarensen in the west. Spouse: Solveig Jóhannesdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on June 6, 1873, d. in Selkirk, Manitoba on February 25, 1955. Children: 1. Sigríður Jakobína Jórunn b. September 22, 1901 2. Ingunn Valdena …

Halldór Metúsalemsson fæddist í N. Múlasýslu 21. nóvember, 1882. Dáinn í Winnipeg 13. maí, 1959. Swan Halldór Methusalemsson vestra. Ókvæntur og barnlaus. Halldór var sonur Metusalems Einarssonar og Elæinar Ólafsdóttur, á Burstafelli í Vopnafirði. Þar ólst hann upp og fór svo í nám á Akureyri og lærði trésmíði. Hann flutti vestur árið 1906, samferða Birni, bróður sínum. Þeir fóru til …

Dr. Jón Vídalín Straumfjörð was born in Mikley, Manitoba on April 13, 1899. He died on June 10, 1969 in Denver, Colorado. Spouse: March 31, 1923 Þórey Guðmundsdóttir b. in S. Múlasýsla in 1895, d. June 4, 1957 in Denver. Children: 1. Jón 2. Allan 3. Robert 4. Halldór Gustav 5. Júlíus Dagbjartur. Dr. Jón was the son of Jón …

Jónas Stefánsson was born on March 31, 1878 at Tjörnes. He died on March 3, 1952 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Spouse: 1918 Jakobína Sigurgeirsdóttir b. at Grund in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 1, 1883. Jónas was educated in Iceland, studying at Búnaðarskóli in Hólar and graduating as a teacher in 1909. He taught in various places before coming west to Manitoba …

Kristín Lovísa Skúlason was born at Aðalból in the Geysir settlement on February 6, 1896. Unmarried and childless. Kristín was the daughter of Jón Skúlason and Guðrún Jónasdóttir in the Geysir settlement. She completed her secondary school education in Gimli and her teaching qualification from Winnipeg Normal School in 1920. She became a teacher and taught in her home village …

Skúli Guðmundur Skúlason was born on September 14, 1893 at Aðalból in the Geysir settlement. He died there on December 28, 1943. Spouse: Brynhildur Guðrún Sigríður Halldórsdóttir b. in Gimli on December 8, 1897. She was known as Lóa Halldórsdóttir in the west. Children: 1. Kristín Árdís b. August 20, 1919 2. Hólmfríður b. July 3, 1923 3. John b. …

Einar Benjamínsson was born in the Geysir settlement in Manitoba on October 23, 1888. He died there on January 15, 1951. Spouse: 1) July 16, 1914 Málfríður Jónsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on January 25, 1887, d. August 6, 1937 in Manitoba. 2) 1943 Einarína Ingibjörg Ólafsdóttir. Children: With his first wife: 1. Aldís b. May 2, 1920 2. Guðrún b. …