ID: 15402
Born west
Date of birth : 1878
Place of birth : Manitoba
Date of death : 1961
Hjörtur Friðriksson was born near Gimli in New Iceland on June 2, 1878. He died at the Höfn Care Home in Vancouver on July 4, 1961.
Spouse: December 28, 1897 Guðrún Steinólfsdóttir b. September 16, 1877 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. in Vancouver on July 8, 1961.
Children: 1. Ingunn b. June 19, 1899 2. Helga b. March 7, 1902 3. Margrét Capitola b. September 14, 1903 4. Mildfríður Friðrika b. June 18, 1908 5. Steinunn Guðrún b. May 6, 1910, d. 1918.
Hjörtur grew up in the Fjalla settlement in N. Dakota then lived for a few years in Milton before moving to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1906 and started farming. In 1930 he moved to Arras, British Columbia and later to Dawson Creek.