ID: 5118
Date of birth : 1883
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Ólafur Siggeirsson was born in Strandasýsla on October 8, 1883. He took the name Dr. Oliver S. Olson in the west.
Spouse: Leota P. Hoyt b. September 20, 1884, d. August 26, 1963 in San Francisco.
Children: 1. Oliver S. b. September 24, 1911 2. Leota Pearl b. 1914
Ólafur came west in 1886 with his parents, Siggeir Ólafsson and Halldóra Árnadóttir. After a few years living in Winnipeg and a number of months on Washington Island, Wisconsin, they settled in Duluth, Minnesota. Ólafur was a physician there and in Gary, Indiana. See Atvinna below.