ID: 10213
Date of birth : 1860
Date of death : 1950
Benedikta María Helgadóttir was born on February 9, 1860 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on October 11, 1950 in Manitoba.
Benedikta Helgadóttir Photo FAtV
Spouse: November 14, 1884 Gunnar Helgason b. in Fnjóskadal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 12, 1854, d. March 13, 1943 in the Hnausa settlement.
Children: 1. Helgi b. January 16, 1886, d. March 18, 1964. 2. Alba b. 1887 3. Guðlaugur Benedikt b. 1893, d. 1942. 4. Sigurlaug Guðrún b. December 16, 1894, d. 1981. 5. Herbert b. 1897
They came west in 1887 and settled in New Iceland. They took land in the Hnausa settlement in 1888.