Hallfríður Þorgrímsdóttir

ID: 11798
Date of birth : 1842
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1897

Hallfríður Þorgrímsdóttir was born in 1842 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1897.

Spouse: Einar Jónsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on November 22, 1831, d. in Saskatchewan on April 11, 1914.

Children: 1. Stefanía b. August 21, 1872, d. October 2, 1960 in Minnesota 2. Guðvaldína b. 1893.

They came west to Minnesota in 1892, and moved a short time later to N. Dakota where Einar’s brother Guðvaldur lived. They lived with him for two years, but then bought land in the Garðar Settlement.  After Hallfríður’s death, Einar and Guðvaldína moved to Roseau, Minnesota and later to the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan.