ID: 13529
Date of birth : 1907
María Valgerður Hallgrímsdóttir was born on June 16, 1907 in N. Múlasýsla. She had the last name Mathews in the west.
Spouse: Kári Vilhelm Ásmundsson b. in Winnipeg on July 2, 1903.
María was the daughter of Hallgrímur Metúsalemsson and Kristjana Vigfúsdóttir, who came west with their children in 1913 and settled in the Lundar settlement. Kári was the son of Ásmundur Jóhannsson and his first wife, Sigríður Jónasdóttir, who lived in Winnipeg. There, Kári attended Jón Bjarnarson’s school and finished his studies there in 1924. He then immediately went to work for his father in the construction industry in the city.