ID: 1542
Date of birth : 1861
Date of death : 1933
Einar Brandsson was born on November 15, 1861 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died on June 25, 1933 in Victoria, British Columbia.
Einar at work in the cemetery. Photo: Stone cuttings
Spouse: Sigríður Einarsdóttir b. June 9, 1859, d. November 6, 1928.
Children: 1. Margrét Jakobína b. in Victoria, B.C. on February 23, 1898. 2. Brandur 3. Guðmundur (James).
They came to Canada in 1886 and moved west a year later to the Pacific Ocean and settled in Victoria on Vancouver Island. Einar soon got a job there at the cemetery in Ross Bay.