Halldór Stefánsson was born in Seyðisfjörður in N. Múlasýsla on March 5, 1882. He died in Dauphin, Manitoba on April 2, 1963.
Spouse: October 3, 1916 Jörína Auður Gunnarsdóttir b. in Red Deer Point, Manitoba on April 15, 1895.
Children: 1. Guðrún Helga b. July 24, 1917 2. Frances Sigríður b. August 6, 1918 3. Gunnar Stefán b. April 5, 1920 4. Constance Björk b. December 25, 1921 5. Doreen (Þóra) b. March 19, 1928.
Halldór came west to Winnipeg in 1893 with his parents, Stefán Jóhann Halldórsson and Sigríður Sigmundsdóttir. The settled in New Iceland, lived on various farms until 1914, then settled in Winnipegosis. Jórína was the daughter of Gunnar Friðriksson and Guðrún Helga Jörundsdóttir who settled in Winnipegosis in 1899. Halldór’s and Jörína’s paths crossed in Winnipegosis, where they lived a long time, Halldór fishing in Lake Manitoba until he reached the age of 67.