Eiríkur Sumarliðason Photo: VÍÆ III
Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Eiríkur Sumarliðason was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on July 1, 1861. He died on November 20, 1933 in Winnipeg.
Spouse: August 6, 1889 Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on May 2, 1868. She died on October 10, 1910.
Children: 1. Sigríður Ingibjörg b. in Winnipeg, July 6, 1890, d. in Wadena, Saskatchewan, September 23, 1944 2. Leifur E. Summers b. May 21, 1893 in Carberry, Manitoba, d. in Vancouver, April 13, 1954 3.Henry McLeod b. July 1, 1895 in Edmonton, Alberta 4. Jón Þorvaldur b. in Glenboro, Manitoba. April 5, 1897 5. Jónína Summers b. February 16, 1906.
Eiríkur came west to Winnipeg in 1887 and took land north of the Hóla Settlement in Manitoba. He did not own a farm, but worked for farmers. He went in search of gold in the Klondyke shortly before 1900, but returned to Hóla. He moved from the settlement and went west to Saskatchewan and worked in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement). Þorbjörg also came west to Winnipeg in 1887 with her mother, Guðný Andrésdóttir, and her husband, Jón Sveinbjarnarson.