ID: 19450
Born west
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : N. Dakota
Date of death : 1951
Vilhjálmur Ólafsson Photo: RbQ
Vilhjálmur Ólafsson was born in N. Dakota in 1882. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on November 22, 1951. He has the last name Olafson in the west.
Spouse: Þorbjörg Lárusdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1879, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) on November 11, 1959.
Children: 1. Lára 2. Inga 3. Guðrún 4. Ragnheiður 5. Dorothy 6. Sigrún 7. Óli 8. William.
Vilhjálmur grew up in his parent’s home, Ólafur Einarsson and Guðrún Einarsdóttir, in the Fjalla Settlement in N. Dakota. Þorbjörg, daughter of Lárus Guðmundsson and Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir, came west to her parents in Pembina, N. Dakota in 1900. Vilhjálmur took land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905.