ID: 15271
Date of birth : 1823
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1892
Þórarinn Þorvaldsson was born in Mýrasýsla September 28, 1823. Died in New Iceland in 1893.
Spouse: September 23, 1853 Kristín Jónsdóttir b. September 19, 1827 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Died December 26, 1911.
Children: 1. Þorvaldur b. December 4, 1855, d. August 22, 1929 2. Halldóra b. 1866 3. Stefán b. 1869 4. Ástríður b. 1872.
They came west by sea in 1883 and moved first to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Life’s road led them to New Iceland where they took land in the Icelandic River settlement (Íslendingafljót). Their son Þorvaldur sailed west in 1876.