Helga Stefánsdóttir Photo: RbQ
Helga Stefánsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1882. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1963.
Spouse: Bjarni Friðriksson b. in N. Dakota, 1882, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1946. He had the name Bjarni F. Bjarnason in the west.
Children: 1. Friðrik b. 1908 2. Rúna b. 1911.
Helga was the daughter of Stefán Teitsson and Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir. She came west with her mother and sister. Bjarni was the son of Friðrik Bjarnason and Mildfríður Árnadóttir who came west in 1874 to Ontario, Canada. They settled in New Iceland in 1875 and moved from there in 1881 to N. Dakota. Later, in 1906, they took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan located in the Wynyard area.