ID: 11832
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Þorsteinn Nikulás Höjgaard was born on May 30, 1853 in N. Múlasýsla. He took the last name Hygaard in Canada.
Spouse: Ingigerður Ófeigsdóttir b. 1857 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Þorsteinn Elís b. November 2, 1877 2. Nikulás Gunnlaugur b. September 29, 1879 3. John b. 1881 4. Ófeigur b. 1882 5. Kristján b. October 12, 1884 5. Aðalsteinn Franklín b. June 23, 1885 6. Washington b. 1887 7. Þorsteinn Grant Guðmundur b. 1893 8. Joseph David b. 1897. Ingigerður also had a daughter, Jónína Þorsteinsdóttir, b. 1871.
They came west in 1882 and settled in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. At the turn of the century, they moved to Selkirk, Manitoba. Þorsteinn is registered as Nikulásson in Iceland.