ID: 7123
Date of birth : 1837
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Benedikt Ólafsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1837.
Spouse: 1) Hólmfríður Bjarnadóttir b. 1832 in Húnavatnssýsla 2) Björg Torfadóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1840.
Children: Bjarni b. 1859 2. Sigurbjörg b. 1860 3. Ólafur b. 1864 4. Jón b. 1873.
They came west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and lived in Kinmount the first year. They moved to New Iceland the next year and took land there. They moved to N. Dakota in 1880.