Þórður Sigurjónsson Axdal Photo: VÍÆ III
Þórður Sigurjónsson was born on October 6, 1889 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died in Saskatchewan on March 20, 1931. He took the last name Axdal in the west.
Spouse: August 4, 1912 Jóna Solveig Sigurðardóttir b. in N. Dakota on July 22, 1891.
Children: 1. Woodrow Lincoln 2. Sigurður Kristinn 3. Sigurjón Hallgeir 4. Helga Stefanía Evelyn 5. Lenora Sesselja 6. Guðrún Aðalbjörg Elmína 7. Anna Pálína Björg 8. Hallgrímur Sigurgeir d. 1926, 4 years old 9. Emily Sigrún 10. Doris Louise 11. May d. 1930, a few years old.
Þórður came west with his parents to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1890. He grew up in their home in N. Dakota and moved with them to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907. He took land in the Wynyard area in 1909. Jóna Solveig grew up in N. Dakota with her parents, Sigurður Kráksson and his second wife Kristína Þorsteinsdóttir.