ID: 12276
Date of birth : 1863
Date of death : 1947
Þórarinn Finnbogason was born in N. Múlasýsla on September 7, 1863. He died in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1947.
Spouse: December 4, 1899 Guðrún Jósefsdóttir b. February 21, 1875 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. November 19 1952.
Children: 1. Joseph (Jósef) b. November 19, 1900 2. Björn b. July 15, 1903, d. October 29, 1950 3. Finnbogi b. January 7, 1905 4. Málfríður b. August 6, 1911, d. 1966.
Þórarinn came to the West in 1888 and traveled to Winnipeg. Guðrún was the daughter of Jósef Björnsson and Málfríður Hallgrímsdóttir who came west in 1878. Þórarinn and Guðrún began farming near Baldur, Manitoba but moved in 1904 to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. They settled near Elfros and farmed there.