ID: 15149
Born west
Date of birth : 1894
Katrín Ólafsdóttir was born on September 21, 1894 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: December 10, 1917 Þórður Valdimar Þórðarson b. in N. Dakota on November 2, 1892. He took the name Ted or Theodore Thordarson in the west.
Children: 1. Sally Kay Kristín b. July 26, 1940.
Þorður was the son of Grímur Þórðarson and Solveig Snæbjörnsdóttir in N. Dakota. He graduated from Fargo Agricultural University in 1916, studied at Stanford University in California, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and graduated in law from Concordia University in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1956. Katrín was the daughter of Ólafur K. Ólafsson and Sigurbjörg Tómasdóttir, pioneer settlers in N. Dakota.