Helgi L Ólafsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Helgi Leonard Ólafsson was born in Winnipeg on September 18, 1891. He had the last name Olsen in the west.
Spouse: Lára Sigurðardóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on August 14, 1900. She had the last name Eyford prior to marriage.
Children: 1. Sylvia Mae b. May 3, 1924 2. Margrét Anna b. March 7, 1926 3. Haraldur (Harold) Leonard b. December 3, 1930 4. Thelma Lorraine b. June 11, 1935.
Helgi was the son of Ólafur Ólafsson and Helga Guðmundsdóttir, who came west in 1875-76. He attended elementary school in Winnipeg and Vestfold, Manitoba, then went to study commerce for a year. He was wounded in the Battle of Cambria in France. When he returned home, he worked as a farmhand and lived in Vestfold, later moving to Oak Point. He then opened a store and worked in it for many years. Lára was the daughter of Sigurður Eyfjörður (Eyford) and Bergljót Jónasdóttir, who came west in 1905.