Baldvin Halldórsson

ID: 19097
Date of birth : 1863
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1934

Baldvin Halldórsson was born on June 28, 1863 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in the Fljóts Settlement on September 18, 1934.

Spouse: April 4, 1900 Jóhanna María Ólafsdóttir b. April 6, 1877 in S. Múlasýsla.

Children: 1. Herbert b. September 28, 1900 2. Baldwin b. June 2, 1902 3. Ingibjörg b. August 23, 1903 4. Albertína Jóna b. December 1, 1904 5. Sigrún b. May 27, 1908. Baldvin also had Stefanía b. March 8, 1893 in Húnavatnssýsla.

Baldvin emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1894 with his one-year old daughter, Stefanía. His parents, Halldór Jónsson and Ingibjörg Jónatansdóttir, had come west to New Iceland in 1876 and lived in the Fljóts Settlement. Jóhanna came west in 1879 with her parents, Ólafi Oddssyni and Kristbjörgu Oddsdóttur. Baldvin and Jóhanna bought land in the Geysir Settlement and called it Baldurshaga. After living there 20 years, they moved to the Fljóts Settlement in 1921.