ID: 15055
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : S.Múlasýsla
Elís Þorvaldsson Photo: SÍND
Hallfríður Sigurbjörnsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Elís Þorvaldsson was born on September 23, 1867 in S. Múlasýsla. He took the name Elis Thorwaldson in the west.
Spouse: Hallfríður Sigurbjörnsdóttir b. 1861 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children 1. Wilmar Hóseas 2. Elísabet Þorbjörg 3. Octavia Sigurbjörg 4. Sidney Thorvald 5. Alfred Stígur 6. Elfríða Magnea 7. Elvin Magnús
Elís came west to N. Dakota with his mother, Vilborg Jónsdóttir, and siblings in 1881. Hallfríður came west with her father, Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson, and her brother, Magnús, in 1879. Elís and Hallfríður lived the rest of their lives in the Thingvalla Settlement.