Baldur Stefánsson Photo: VÍÆ III
Baldur Stefánsson was born on September 25, 1879 in Shawano, Wisconsin. He died in Alberta on June 13, 1949. He had the name Baldur Stephansson in the west.
Spouse: December 7, 1905 Sigurlína Benediktsdóttir b. in Pembina, N. Dakota on May 8, 1883, d. in Alberta on October 25, 1944. She had the last name Bardal before marriage.
Children: 1. Stephan b. July 26, 1906 2. Hrefna b. August 7, 1907 3. Cecil Benedikt b. April 1, 1908 4. Jakobína b. June 24, 1911.
Baldur was the son of Stefán Guðmundsson (Stephan G. Stephansson) and his wife Helga Jónsdóttir. He grew up in the Garðar Settlement in North Dakota with his parents and siblings and moved with them west to Alberta in 1890. There he started farming in 1905 and farmed until his dying days. Sigurlína was the daughter of Benedikt Jónsson and Sesselja Pálsdóttir. Sigurlína’s father and Baldur’s mother were siblings, the children of Jón Jónsson in Mýri í Bárðardal. She moved to Alberta about the same time as Baldur.