ID: 8690
Date of birth : 1825
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1874
Pétur Hallgrímsson Thorlacius was born on March 15, 1825 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Wisconsin in 1874.
Spouse: Kristín Ólafsdóttir b. 1831 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg b. July 19, 1954 2. Hallgrímur b. March 28, 1958.
Pétur and Kristín emigrated west to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873 with Ingibjörg, and two foster children: Hallgrímur, Pétur’s 10-year-old nephew, and Kristgerður Kristinsdóttir, who was Kristín’s niece, the daughter of Kristinn Ólafsson and his wife Katrín Ólafsdóttir. They lived in Stanton, Wisconsin where Pétur died. Now a widow, Kristín followed her brother, Kristinn, west to Minnesota and N. Dakota.