Helga Hallgrímsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV
Helga Hallgrímsdóttir was born on December 31., 1842 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. December 30, 1931 in the Fljóts Settlement.
Spouse: July 10, 1874 Jónas Jónasson b. December 28, 1849 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. November 25, 1942 in the Fljóts Settlement.
Childless, but they raised a number of foster children: 1. Friðrika Friðriksdóttir b. March 24, 1879 in Winnipeg 2. Ingibjörg Tómasdóttir b. July 23, 1881 3. Sveinn Sigfússon b. August 23, 1886 4. Stefanía Sveinsdóttir b. ca. 1887 5. Haraldur Karl Þórðarson b. ca. 1893 6. Bjarni Goodman 7. Guðjón Björnsson.
They came west in 1874 and went to Kinmount, Ontario where Jónas’ brother, Sigtryggur, lived. They followed their life road west to New Iceland a year lager and spent the first winter in Gimli. In the spring of 1876, they moved north to Mikley. From there, they moved in 1877 to the Fljóts Settlement where they lived the rest of their lives. Jónas was a printer and was hired to publish Framfari and took care of printing the paper all its days.