ID: 10293
Date of birth : 1864
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1904
Benjamín Einarsson was born on May 1, 1864 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on August 31, 1904 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Guðleif Stefánsdóttir b. July 28, 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. October 29, 1910 in the Vallar Settlement in Saskatchewan. She took the last name Einarson in the west.
Children: 1. Líneik b. September 25, 1892 2. Höskuldur 3. Bismarck 4. Laufey 5. Parmis.
Benjamín came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889 while Guðleif had arrived there a year earlier. They first lived in N. Dakota, but their path led them to the Grunnavatn Settlement in Manitoba. Guðleif was a widow and a mother of five children when she moved west to Gerald, Saskatchewan. A house was built for her on Þorsteinn Gíslason’s land and she lived there.