Rögnvaldur Pétursson Photo: SÍND
Hólmfríður Jónasdóttir Photo: VÍÆ1
Rögnvaldur Pétursson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on August 14, 1877. He died on January 30, 1940.
Spouse: September 27, 1898 Hólmfríður Jónasdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on June 10, 1879.
Children: 1. Þorvaldur b. July 10, 1904 2. Margrét b. July 13, 1906 3. Ólafur died as a child 4. Ólafur b. April 22, 1914 5. Pétur Jónas b. October 28, 1923.
Rögnvaldur came west with his parents and siblings in 1883 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and then moved that same year from there to Pembina, N. Dakota. They settled in Hallson. Rögnvaldur chose to pursue an education and studied at Wesley College in Winnipeg in 1896-1898. From there he went to Pennsylvania in the United States and studied theology at a seminary in Meadville 1898-1902, and then at Harvard University 1902-1903. That year he was ordained as a pastor and served the First Icelandic Unitarian Congregation in Winnipeg 1903-1909 and again 1915-1922. Hólmfríður came west in 1893 with her parents, Jónas Kristjánsson and Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir, who settled in Pembina, N. Dakota.