ID: 15421
Born west
Date of birth : 1908
Hallgrímur Marinó Borgfjörð was born in Arborg, Manitoba on January 2, 1908.
Spouse: October 31, 1936 Elín Kristín Arngrímsdóttir b. August 24, 1909 in Lincoln County in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Marvin Robert b. February 25, 1937 2. Joyce Lilian b. June 1, 1938 3. Elín Margrét Lenore b. April 10, 1949.
Hallgrímur was the son of Guðmundur Magnússon and Þórunn Hallgrímsdóttir in Arborg, Manitoba. He grew up and attended school there. Agricultural work fascinated him at a young age so he became a farmer in Arborg. Elín’s parents were Hallgrímur Sigurðsson and Indiana Þorsteinsdóttir in Mýrasýsla. She became a teacher and taught in Árborg, Hnausa and Geysir.