Lára Lárusdóttur was born on October 15, 1888 in Pembina, N. Dakota. He died in Wynyard, Saskatchewan on June 20, 1959. She had the name Lara Goodman in the west.
Spouse: January 28, 1912 Óli Jóhannesson b. July 12, 1880 in Parry Sound, Ontario in Canada, d. June 27, 1957 in Wynyard. He had the name Oli J. Halldorson in the west.
Children: 1. Anna Hólmfríður 2. Luella 3. Dorothy 4. Þorbjörg María.
Lára was the daughter of Lárus Goðmundsson Goodman and Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir who came west from Skagafjörður in 1883. Óli was the son of Jóhannes Halldórsson and Anna Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir of Eyjafjarðarsýsla who came west to Ontario in 1878. He grew up in their home in the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota and moved with his father to Roseau, Minnesota in 1895 and then to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1907. Óli took land there.