Elín Eiríksdóttir

ID: 15494
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1934

Elín Indíana Eiríksdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on September 3, 1850. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1934.

Spouse: Bjarni Stefánsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on October 1, 1854, d. in Saskatchewan on January 7, 1913. In some sources, he is listed as Stephanson.

Children: 1. Stefán Danival b. 1880 2. Eiríkur 3. Engilráð 4. Anna Jakobína b. July 24, 1887 5. Elí Bjarni 6. Karólína

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and lived there until 1886. They took land in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan and lived there 12 years. They moved east to Manitoba and took land in Strathclair along with a few other Icelanders. They lived there for the next 14 years before moving to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and took land near Elfros.