From James Cox in Manitoba, came an interesting email and I give you a part of it here below. It gave me a long needed opportunity to dig a bit into the emigrants genealogy

Halfdan
For your interest, attached are 2 pictures of the Otto Church, located about 10 miles east of Lundar, Manitoba. These pictures were taken by my cousin Bill Ford on December 23, 2003.
Located within the church is a picture frame containing the names of Icelandic Pioneers buried in the Markland Cemetery. The list contains only 12 names which does seem short. However, any others were probably missed or forgotten. In 2001, the cemetery was totally overgrow with trees, shrubs & grass and was no longer in use. The names are as follows:

1. Bjorn Thorsteinsson b: Aug 15, 1858 in Borgarfjardarsysla H (page738)

2. Thuridur Hjalmsdottir b: July 13, 1857 in Myrarsysla, Wife

3. Gudrun Bjornsdottir b: Nov 8, 1887 in Winnipeg, Daug

4. Thorsteinn B. Thorsteinsson b: Mar 21, 1895 in Markland, Son

5. Gudmundur Torfason b: 1855 in Borgarfjardar, H (pg745)

6. Gudrun Thorsteinsdottir b: 1855 in Borgarfjardar, W

7. Helgi Sveinson b: Nov 10, 1870 in Bardardal, N. Thingey, son in law (pg710)

8. Kristrun Sveinungadottir

9. Valdis Lindal

10. Jonas Halldorsson b: Feb 14, 1845 in Bjork, Munkathvera, Eyjafjardar (page 421)

11. Sigurdur Sigurdsson

12. Ingigerdur Gunnlaugsdottir
I have added the birth dates and locations, along with the page numbers from the book "Wagons to Wings" a history of Lundar.

James, thank you very much, this is very much appreaciated.
Well, as I indicated, I wanted to know more about the names in the picture frame mentioned and I'm sure that

Jónas Halldórsson and family.

some of my readers are able to add to my "research" ( I do not have the book "Wagons to Wings").

Bjorn Thorsteinsson (1) and his wife Thuridur Hjalmsdottir (2) farmed in Borgarfjörður County, West Iceland, before they emigrated in 1887 with their one year old daughter Rannveig, first to Winnipeg and shortly after to Shoal Lake, Manitoba. Rannveig died at young age.
In Canada Bjorn and Thuridur had at least four children, Rann- veig, b. 1891, married Bjorgvin Gudmundsson farmer at Lundar, Thorsteinn (4), Gudrun Maria (3?) and Ragnheidur.

Gudmundur Torfason (5) and Gudrun Thorsteinsdottir (6) emigrated in 1900 from Borgarfjörður County with their two children Thorsteinn and Ljótunn. Thorsteinn, who took the name Goodman (from his father's first name), married Elín Bjarnadottir, they lived in Seattle and later in Los Angeles, Cal., and Ljotunn, who became a teacher, married Helgi Sveinson (7) who died in 1944.

Kristrun Sveinungadottir emigrated in 1876 from Eyjafjardar County, North Iceland, with her daughter Svava Ingibjörg, b. 1859. Kristin had been married to Bjorn Kristjansson Skagfjord, farmer in Skagafjordur County. They divorced in 1862. Bjorn emigrated in 1881 and settled at first in N-Dakota, later he moved to New Iceland. Svava Ingibjorg married Bjorn Sæmundsson (1851-1944), who emigrated in 1878 from Strandasysla County. He took the family name Lindal. Svava Ingibjorg and Bjorn had at least seven children, one of them vas:

Valdis Lindal (9), born 1903, d. 1913. Another child was Luther Melankton Lindal (d. 1933) in Lundar, Man. He was married to Rannveig Svanfridur Halldorson. Her parents were:

Jonas Halldorsson (10) and Johanna Jonsdottir, farmers in Eyjafjordur county, North Iceland, who had emigrated in 1878 to Winnipeg with their daughter Sigridur, then 7 years old. They moved to Hallson, N.-Dakota in 1879 and from there they moved to Lundar, Manitoba in 1895. Jonas and Johanna had seven children: Sigridur, married Jonas Hordal, farmer and Vet. in Lundar, Man., Asgrimur Jim, married Helga Arnadottir Egilson, Snæbjorn, married Gudny Sveinbjornsdottir Sigurdson, Kjartan, married Mabel Shewfeld, Rannveig Svanfridur, married Luther Melankton Lindal, as mentioned, after his death she married Thordur Isfold, Thorhallur, married Edwardine Nelson, and Nybjorg, married Johann (Snædal) Snidal.

11. Sigurdur Sigurdson. I'm not sure about him. He could be brother to Gudny Sveinbjornsdottir Sigurdson. At least she had a brother with that name who died in 1947.

12. Ingigerdur Gunnlaugsdottir. Don't know about her.
This has become longer than I thought it would be. Genealogy IS fun. Anyway, this could have been much longer. It's easy to connect the people above to so many. Maybe we'll do it some other time. Let me know what you know about these families.
Hálfdan