ID: 13512
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1901
Þórður Finnsson, Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, sons Ólafur, Sigfinnur and Helgi. Daughter is likely Sigríður. Photo: SÍND
Þórður Finnsson was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1850. He died in N. Dakota in 1901.
Spouse: Guðrún Ólafsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1849.
Children: 1. Ólafur b. 1882 2. Sigfinnur b. 1884 3. Helga b. 1886 4. Sigríður b. 1888 5. Helgi b. 1890 6. Þórlaug b. January 18, 1893 . They also had a foster son, Þórður Sigfinnsson, who was 8 years old when he came west the them.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889 and Þórður bought land in the Fjalla Settlement in N. Dakota sometime later. Coming west with them were Guðrún’s parents, Ólafur Guttormsson, 75 years, and Helga Vilhjálmsdóttir 62 years.