Þorkell Eiríksson

ID: 6638
Date of birth : 1844
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1928

Þorkell Eiríksson:  Born in Skagafjarðarsýsla n 1844. He died in 1928 in Selkirk, Manitoba.

Spouse: Ingiríður Margrét Jónsdóttir b. 1857 in Skagafjarðarsýsla; died in 1935.

Children: 1. Eyjólfur, d. 1949 2. Jón Eyþór f. 20. janúar, 1891.

They came west in 1885 and settled in the northern part of the Argyle Settlement. In 1911, they moved to Selkirk and lived there the rest of their lives.