Finnbogi N Finnbogason Photo: VÍÆ III
Finnbogi Norman Finnbogason was born in Vestfold in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) in Manitoba on July 16, 1909. He had the name Finnbogi N. F. Thorgilsson in the west.
Spouse: March 8, 1940 Steinþóra Benjamínsdóttir b. in Iceland on February 21, 1919.
Children: 1. Norman Welland b. November 8, 1940 2. Margaret Karen b. August 20, 1945 3. Emil Marvin b. March 15, 1952 4. Albert Wayne b. January 16, 1958. All were born in Eriksdale, Manitoba.
Finnbogi was the son of Finnbogi Þorgilsson and Málfríður Jónsdóttir, pioneer settlers in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð) in 1886. Steinþóra’s parents were Benjamín Benjamínsson who came west in 1920 and Helga Jósefsdóttir of Dalasýsla. Benjamín became a farmer in Otto in the Shoal Lake Settlement (Grunnavatnsbyggð). Finnbogi and Steinþóra lived in Eriksdale, Manitoba.