ID: 19384
Date of birth : 1831
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1900
Einar Ólafsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1831. He died in Saskatchewan in 1900.
Spouse: Guðbjörg Ólafsdóttir b. in 1845 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. 1930.
Children: 1. Ólafur b. 1876 2. Einar b. 1878 3. Halldóra b. 1878 (twins)
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and went from there to Langenburg in what is now Saskatchewan. They continued west to the Þingvalla Settlement. They were there for two years, but then returned to Manitoba and bought land in Russell. In 1903, the family moved to Spy Hill, Saskatchewan.