ID: 7015
Date of birth : 1872
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1951
Pétur Þorkelsson was born on June 12, 1872 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Lyon County in Minnesota on February 3, 1951.
Spouse: December 14, 1896 Vilborg Friðriksdóttir b. January 25, 1868 in S. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Anna Soffía (Sophie) b. January 25, 1900, d. July 2, 1990 2. Friðrik (Frederik) Byron Pétur b. December 18, 1907 3. Vilborg Marjorie b. 1910 4. Floyd Julian b. July 12, 1914.
Pétur came west in 1883 with his parents, Þorkell Guðmundsson and Anna Sigríður Skúladóttir, and siblings. They settled in Lyon County. Vilborg came west with her parents, Friðrik Guðmundsson and Guðný Þorláksdóttir, in 1883. They settled in Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota.