Steinólfur Steinólfsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Steinólfur Steinólfsson was born on November 19, 1873 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on October 19, 1925.
Spouse: 1) July 23, 1895 Kristín Þorleifsdóttir b. 1878 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. November 24, 1900 2) April 13, 1904 Jóhanna S. Geirhjartardóttir b. August 23, 1878 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla.
Children: With Kristín: 1. Gunnar Rafn b. December 16, 1896 2. Leifur Sigurður b. March 13, 1899 3. Steinunn b. April 17, 1900, d. October 30, 1900. With Jóhanna: 1. Ólöf Louise b. July 21, 1905 2. Ingólfur Geirhjörtur b. March 6, 1911 3. Guðfinna Þórdís b. July 12, 1915.
Steinólfur came west in 1882 with his father, Steinólfur Grímsson. He grew up in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota but moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan about 1908 and took land near Mozart. Kristín came west in 1887 with her parents, Þorleifur Gunnarsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir. Jóhanna’s parents, Geirhjörtur Kristjánsson and Guðfinna Jónsdóttir, came west with their children in 1881.