ID: 20524
Date of birth : 1906
Hjalti B Thorfinnsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Hjalti Brynjólfur Thorfinnsson was born in Munich, N. Dakota in 1906.
Spouse: Jóhanna Guðrún Anderson.
Children: 1. Romaine Doyle b. June 30, 1932 2. Jerrol Wayne b. October 10, 1934 3. Curtis Hale b. June 10, 1939.
Hjalti was the son of Þorlákur Þorfinnsson and Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir, early settlers in N. Dakota. Hjalti earned a B. Sc. degree from North Dakota State College in 1928. He was an agricultural researcher in Richland Co., N. Dakota, from 1933 to 1947. A year later he became a teacher in Breckenridge, Minnesota.