ID: 3787
Date of birth : 1870
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1930
Hjörtur Sigvaldason was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1870. He died in Manitoba in 1930. He took the last name Walterson in the west.
Spouse: Jónína Guðný Sveinsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on April 22, 1868.
Children: 1. Frank William b. December 10, 1896, d. 1010 2. Hólmfríður b. 1902 í Manitoba, d. 1974 3. Solveig 4. Ragnheiður.
Hjörtur came to the West in 1876 with his parents, Sigvaldi Þorvaldsson and Ingibjörg Eggertsdóttir. They settled in Manitoba. Jónína was the daughter of Sveinn Kristjánsson and his second wife, Veroníka Ragnheiður Þorkelsdóttir, who came west to New Iceland in 1883.