Anna M Eiríksdóttir

ID: 1190
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1913

Anna Margrét Eiríksdóttir was born in Árnessýsla on May 27, 1869. She died on June 13, 1913 in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan.

Spouse: Guðbrandur Narfason b. in Gullbringusýsla on July 6, 1867, d. March 15, 1913 in Saskatchewan.

Children: 1. Narfi b. May 30, 1891 2. Guðjón b. August 22, 1899 3. Haraldur 4. Ástríður 5. Helga 6. Theódóra 7. Viktoria 8. Margrét

Anna Margrét came west to Canada with her parents, Eiríkur Ingimundarson and Gróa Ásbjarnardóttir, in 1887.   Guðbrandur came west there with his parents, Narfi Halldórsson and Ástríður Árnadóttir, in 1877. They went to N. Dakota and lived there for a while but moved to Winnipeg in 1884 where they lived for two years. During these years, Guðbrandur worked on the railway. He moved to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1886. They started farming on Guðbrandur’s land and lived there until 1899, but then moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) near Foam Lake.