Páll Pétursson was born February 10 in 1828 in Skagafjardarsysla. Died in New Iceland March 9, 1895.
Spouse: Margrét Magnúsdóttir b. Januay 4, 1834 in Skagafjardarsysla, d. October 29, 1919.
Children: They had 13 children, 5 died in Iceland. 1. Jóhann Pétur b.1859, d. in small pox epidemic in 1876 2. Guðrún b. 1862 3. Sigmundur f. 1863, died from small pox epidemic in 1876 4. Jón Sigurður b. 1868 5. Páll Magnús b. 1871, d. in small pox epidemic in 1876 6. Ingibjörg f. 1873, d. in small pox epidemic during the winter of 1876-1877 7. Sigríður Rósa b. in Quebec in Canada in July, 1876, d. a few months old 8. Elín Jóhanna b. 1878.
They emigrated from Iceland in 1876 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. From there the went north to New Iceland and settled in Icelandic River Settlement where they always lived.