Petrína Vigfúsdóttir

ID: 11831
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1931

Petríns Guðfinna Vigfúsdóttir Mynd WtW

Einar, Sveinbjörn og Árni Mynd WtW

Petrína Guðfinna Vigfúsdóttir was born on May 12, 1869 in N. Múlasýsla, d. June 17, 1931.

Spouse: November 19, 1889 in Winnipeg, Stefán Ólafsson born in N. Múlasýsla on August 8, 1860, d. September 19, 1948 in the Lundar Settlement.

Children: 1. Þóra b. April 4, 1890 2. Ólöf b. June 19, 1895 3. Björg b. August 2, 1898 4. Einar b. December 24, 1900 5. Sveinbjörn b. March 7, 1903 6. Árni b. February 23, 1906. 7. Margrét b. July 22, 1910

Petrína came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888. Traveling with her was Stefán’s good friend, Gísli Grímsson, who lived with them all the time. Petrína and Stefán married a year later and lived in Winnipeg until the turn of the century. They then moved to the Lundar Settlement and lived on their land.