In 1888, after arriving with the first group of Icelandic settlers in the area, Jónas Húnfjörður (Hunford) suggested June 27th be designated as Markerville’s official founding date. That first group included the following men and their families: Sigurður J. Björnsson, Ólafur Ólafsson from Espihóli, Benidikt Ólafsson, Einar Jónsson, Sigurður Árnason, Bjarni Jónsson, Jónas J. Hunford, Benidikt Jónsson Bardal, Gísli Jónsson Dalmann. The group also included single men: Guðmundur Þorláksson, Jón Guðmundarson and Jósef Jónsson. In Winnipeg, the families of Jóhann Björnsson and Eyjólfur Helgason, and one single man, Jón Einarsson, joined.
While the community was originally known as Tindastoll, after a mountain in Skagafjörður, Iceland, it was renamed Markerville in 1903 after Alberta Dairy Commissioner C.P. Marker, who established a government creamery there.
You can find some of Jónas’ account in the 1909 edition of the Almanak.
https://timarit.is/page/4661851
From Stephansson Provincial Historic Site Facebook page
See related post on C.P. Marker:
https://markervillephotos.com/book-launch-for-churning-butter/