Olgeir Friðriksson

ID: 8034
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla

Olgeir Friðriksson was born in Þistilfjordur in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on January 26, 1863. He died in Manitoba on June 25, 1936. He took the name Frederickson in the west.

Spouse:  December 12, 1886 Vilborg Jónsdóttir born on August 26, 1868.

Children: 1) Svava Concordia 2) Jónína Þórhildur b. January 9, 1890 3) Olga Emily 4) Friðrik Albert 5) Ruby Lilja b. 1895, d. 1908 6) Ármann 7) Aurora Guðný 8) Friðjón Thomas 9) Ottó Valdimar b. 1904, d. 1905 10) Halldór Marinó 11) Ruby Nanna.

Olgeir came west in 1879 to New Iceland and then took land in the Argyle Settlement in 1881, living there until 1919. They then moved to Glenboro and finally to Winnipeg.