Oddný Liliendahl

ID: 8601
Date of birth : 1892

Oddný Hansína Liliendahl Photo: VIÆ I

Oddný Hansína Liliendahl was born in N. Múlasýsla on January 7, 1892.

Spouse: November 4, 1911 Jón Ásgeirsson b. May 18, 1884 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg on July 6, 1957.

Children: 1. Ásgeir b. March 15, 1912 2. George b. November 5, 1913 3. Hrefna b. December 16, 1916 4. Páll Guðmundur b. June 16, 1919 5. Þóra (Thora) Solveig b. September 4, 1927 6. Joan b. November 12, 1929.

They came to the West in 1913 and settled in Winnipeg. Jón first worked there painting houses and wallpapering, but later in a store with his sons. Oddný took an active part in the social affairs of her countrymen in the city and worked for a long time in the women’s association of Sambandsafnanar and was its president for three years there.