Baldvin L Baldvinsson Photo: VÍÆ3
Helga Sigurðardóttir Photo: VÍÆ3
Baldvin Lárus Baldvinsson was born on October 26, 1856 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Baldwinson in the west. He died in 1936 in Winnipeg.
Spouse: September 24, 1884 Helga Sigurðardóttir b. November 15, 1866 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. August 13, 1911.
Children: 1. Emily Helga b. in Quebec City on July 29, 1887 2. Sigrún María b. May 17, 1889 in Winnipeg, d. July 3, 1937 3. Baldur Leo b. July 14, 1891, d. November 7, 1893 4. Edwin Gestur b. March 8, 1893 in Reykjavík, Iceland 5. Sigurlín b. February 22, 1894 6. Baldur Leo b. February 25, 1896, d. as a young child.
Baldvin went west to Ontario in Canada in 1873 and settled in Toronto. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1881 and lived there all the time. In 1883 he was commissioned by Iceland under the auspices of the Canadian government to accompany a group of Icelanders west across the ocean to Canada. There he met Helga as she was in the group. Baldvin was editor of Heimskringla and was elected to the Manitoba State Assembly.