Pálmi Lárusson

ID: 6221
Date of birth : 1865
Date of death : 1957

Pálmi Lárusson was born on March 6, 1865 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in New Iceland on July 18, 1957.

Spouse: Guðrún Steinsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1868, d. March 26, 1936 in Gimli.

Children:  1. Sigríður b. 1892 in Iceland 2. Ósk Guðný b. February 12, 1893, d. May 15, 1961 3.  Lárus Pálmi b. August 29, 1895, d. August 28, 1918 4. Sigursteinn b January 1, 1898 5. Benedikt Óskar Björgvin b. October 1, 1900 6. Steinunn Anna b. July 27, 1903 7. Jónína b. November 10, 1905 8. Brynjólfur Halldór b.  August 2, 1909 9, Hjálmar Valdimar b. October 12. október, 1912, d. in Winnipeg 1980.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and settled in Gimli in New Iceland. Pálmi worked in the fishing industry for many years.