ID: 8591
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1950
Grímur Laxdal was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1864. He died in Árborg, Manitoba on November 4, 1940.
Spouse: Sveinbjörg Torfadóttir b. December 17, 1863 in N. Múlasýsla, d. April 23, 1947 in Gimli, Manitoba.
Children: 1. María b. 1891 2. Þórður Eggert b. 1894 3. Jóna Katrín b. 1896 4. Ólafur Stefán b. 1898 5. María Guðjohnsen b. 1899 6. Jón Kristinn b. 1900 7. Kristín. One daughter remained in Iceland.
Grímur came west to Winnipeg in 1907, Sveinbjörg arrived there from Iceland in 1909. They moved west to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1909 and took land near Kristnes. They later moved to Arborg, Manitoba.