Halldóra P Halldórsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Halldóra Petrína Halldórsdóttir was born on August 6, 1880 in Grafton, N. Dakota.
Spouse: October 18, 1906 Guðmundur Matthías Bjarnason b. in Helgafellssveit in Snæfellsnessýsla on July 5, 1871.
Children: 1. Ingibjörg Sigríður b. December 10, 1907 2. Halldór Stefán b. June 10, 1909 3. Jón Sigurðsson b. June 17, 1911 4. Sigurbjörg Steinunn b. November 17 1913 5. Guðrún Solveig b. September 16, 1816 6. Lára Rósa b. May 25, 1919 7. Matthildur Petrína b. August 16, 1921 8. Bjarni Thomas b. March 24, 1925.
Halldóra grew up in Grafton. Her parents were Halldór Jónsson and Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir, who came west in 1876. At the age of seven, Halldóra went to Winnipeg. There she finished middle school and attended various courses in painting, the first of Icelandic women in the West. Guðmundur moved to Winnipeg in 1900 and was a house painter. They always lived in Winnipeg.