ID: 4276
Date of birth : 1893
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Jófríður Þorkelsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on November 1, 1893. She had the name Freda Boyles with marriage.
Spouse: Turner Boyles, an American.
Childless, but they raised a niece and a nephew of Turner’s.
Jófríður was the daughter of Þorkell Jónsson and Ingveldur Bjarnadóttir who came west with their four oldest children in 1899 and settled in the Lundar Settlement in New Iceland. Jófríður became a nurse and worked in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and finally in California.