Baldvin Helgason Photo: Almanak 1931
Baldvin Helgason was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 15, 1826. He died on February 24, 1905 in Warrenton, Oregon.
Spouse: May 13, 1849 Soffía Jósafatsdóttir b. September 9, 1831, d. October 23, 1902.
Children: 1. Ásgeir Vídalín b. December 9, 1851 2. Friðrika Soffía b. January 1, 1853 3. Helga Steinvör b. 1854, d. 1857 4. Jósefína Hólmfríður b. October 31, 1857 5. Helga Steinvör b. December 3, 1858 (poetess Undína) 6. Oddný Júlíana b. July 1, 1860, d. 1864 7. Jósafat Helgi b. October 18, 1861, d. 1864 8. Stillborn daughter b. 1864 9. Jósafat Helgi b. July 5, 1866 10. Baldvin Tryggvi b. December 2, 1868. 11. Óli Pétur b. September 8, 1873 in Ontario. Died in childhood.
They emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1873. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic settlement in Rosseau, Ontario and lived there until 1881. He moved west to Pembina County in N. Dakota and bought land in the Garðar Settlement. He spent time in Mountain but the road led him to Selkirk, Manitoba. Next, he moved to Crookston, Minnesota and then went west around the turn of the century.