ID: 20247
Born west
Date of birth : 1891
Date of death : 1965
Franklin Eiríksson was born on December 23, 1891 in Winnipeg. He died on June 21, 1965 in Vancouver. He had the name Franklin Thorsteinson in the west.
Spouse: 1918 Halldóra Jónsdóttir b. August 19, 1895 in Árnessýsla. She took the name Halldora Thorsteinson with marriage.
Children: 1. John Arthur b. 1918, d. 1965 2. Louis Harvey 3. Eiríkur (Eric) b. 1922 4. Nettie Doreen.
Franklin was the son of Eiríkur Þorsteinsson and Guðbjörg Eiríksdóttir who came west in 1887. Halldóra was the daughter of Jón Jónsson from Miðdal in Árnessýsla and his wife Steinunn Þorkelsdóttir of Mosfellssveit. They came to the West in 1900. Halldóra and Franklin lived a long time in Vancouver. British Columbia.