ID: 4255
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1936
Ólafur Helgason was born on September 19, 1852 in Dalasýsla. He died on March 18, 1936. He took the last name Thorlacius in the west.
Spouse: Guðrún Daðadóttir b. December 3, 1864, d. October 23, 1939.
Children: 1. Sigríður 2. Ólafur Daði b. October 22, 1895 3. Búi b. 1897 4. Árni 5. Rósa Margrét. Guðrún had Jón Jóhann Jónsson, b. 1885, d. February 11, 1953, with her first husband.
Ólafur came west across the sea in 1878 and lived in N. Dakota until 1888, then moved north to the Lundar Settlement. He moved again north in 1892 and took land in the Siglunes Settlement.