ID: 2692
Date of birth : 1876
Date of death : 1951
Tómas Benjamínsson Photo: Wagons to Wings
Tómas Benjamínsson was born in Mýrasýsla on April 8, 1876. He died on April 21, 1951.
Spouse: Soffía Jakobsdóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1876, d. May 6, 1971
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1905 2. Sigurbjörg Helga b. 1908, d. 1917. 3. Halldór Jakob b. 1910 4. Þorbergur 5. Bryndís b. 1915 6. Sigurbjörg Helga who was baptized with the name of the sister who died.
They came west from Reykjavík in 1909 and first lived in Winnipeg. Their road led them to Arborg where they lived for the next eight years. In 1919 they moved to Elfros, Saskatchewan. They were there until 1927 when the road led them to Lundar, Manitoba.