ID: 12179
Date of birth : 1830
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1907
Grímur Einarsson was born on March 15, 1830 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota on August 31, 1907.
Spouse: 1) Guðrún Þorgrímsdóttir b. 1832 in N. Múlasýsla 2) Margrét Samúelsdóttir b. March 23, 1850 in Dalasýsla
Children: With Guðrún: 1. Einar b. 1873. With Margrét: 1. Hólmfríður 2. Kristján Albert 3. Grímur Ágúst.
Grímur emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and took land in the Árnes Settlement south of Gimli and named his farm Grímsstaður. They moved in the summer of 1880 and took land in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota.