ID: 3712
Date of birth : 1826
Place of birth : Hnappadalssýsla
Date of death : 1903
Grímólfur Ólafs-son Photo: Private collection
Grímólfur Ólafsson was born in Hnappadalssýsla on October 14, 1826. He died in Mikley in New Iceland on August 26, 1903.
Spouse: 1) Gróa María Jónsdóttir 2) July 7, 1866 Steinunn Jónsdóttir b. in Dalasýsla on August 1, 1842, d. February 5, 1925.
Children: With Gróa: 1. Andrés Hjörleifur, a farmer in Hrappsey at Breiðafjörður. Two other of their children died in childhood. With Steinunn: 1. Solveig b. 1867 2. Gróa María b. 1868 3. Ólafur b. 1872 4. Jóhannes b. 1874 5. Hildur b. 1878.
Grímólfur came west to New Iceland in 1893 and settled in Mikley.