ID: 8703
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1924
Hallgrímur Helgason was born on July 6, 1846 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota on January 23, 1924.
Spouse: 1864 Kristbjörg Árnadóttir b. September 10, 1846 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. May 5, 1936.
Children: 1. Árni b. 1870 2. Kristín Ingveldur b. May 9, 1873, d. January 2, 1923 3. Elísabet b. May 28, 1877 4. Helgi b. September 12, 1879 5. Jón b. September 22, 1881 6. Sigríður b. 1885, died young 7. Sigurður b. 1888, died as a baby. They had 11 children, six died young.
They came west across the sea in 1889 and homesteaded near Garðar, N. Dakota. They lived there the rest of their lives.