ID: 14467
Date of birth : 1891
Date of death : 1937
Helgi Ólafsson Photo: VÍÆ III
Helgi Ólafsson was born in S. Múlasýsla on April 30, 1891. He died in Riverton, Manitoba on November 5, 1937. He had the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: August 25, 1929 Sigríður Bjarnadóttir Goodman in the Geysir settlement
Children: 1. Doreen Ingibjörg 2. Lawrence Helgi 3. Lillian Hope.
Helgi was the son of Ólafur Árnason and Sólrún Árnadóttir, who came west with a large group of children in 1903. They settled in New Iceland. Helgi and Sigríður began farming at his parents’ home, Gilsá in the Geysir settlement in New Iceland. After a few years, they moved to Riverton.