Eiríkur Helgason Photo: VÍÆ II
Eiríkur Ólafsson was born on January 15, 1876 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He is registered as Erik Helgason in Canada.
Spouse: October 13, 1899 Helga Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir b. August 1, 1874 in Árnessýsla, d. July 18, 1953
Children: They raised 3 children: 1. Ágústa Hallgrímsdóttir (Helga’s sister) 2. Kristvin Helgason Sveinsson b. November 13, 1904 3. Helga Erika Dalmann.
Eiríkur emigrated west with his parents and younger brother in 1887 and lived for the first years with Þorgrímur Jónsson who lived at Icelandic River (Íslendingafljót) in New Iceland. Ólafur’s wife, Engilráð, was Þorgrímur’s sister. After three years, they moved to Selkirk. Helga Margrét came there in 1893. Eiríkur and Helga moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907 and took land in the Kandahar/Dafoe Settlement.