ID: 19684
Date of birth : 1843
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1907
Þórdís Halldórsdóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1843. She died in Manitoba in 1907.
Spouse: Jón Jónsson b. at Dilkanes in E. Skaftafellssýsla in 1847, d. in the Framnes Settlement in Manitoba in 1911.
Children: 1. Jón b. 1874 2. Halldóra b. 1876, d. about 1900 3. Vilborg b. 1880. They took in a foster daughter in the Ísafold Settlement, Sigríður Jóhannsdóttir, b. October 21, 1891.
They came west to Canada in 1893 and settled in the Ísafold Settlement. They were forced to move shortly after the turn of the century due to the flooding of Lake Winnipeg. They took land in the Framnes Settlement and lived there after that.