ID: 13649
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1916
Þorfinnur Helgason was born on August 3, 1864 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in the Árnes Settlement on April 21, 1916.
Spouse: Marsibil Stefanía Jónatansdóttir b. 1867 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. January 8, 1955.
Children: All born in New Iceland: 1. Jónatan b. April 1, 1897 2. Helgi Þorfinnur 3. Marsibil 4. Agnes 5. Jóhann 6. Herdís 7. Kristín 8. Guðmundur Ágúst b. January 23, 1912 9. Elísabet 10. Guðný.
Þorfinnur emigrated alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887, and lived there the first years before moving to the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland in 1895. Marsibil came west with her parents in 1887.