Lára Vilhjálmsdóttir was born on January 17, 1910 near Wynyard in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. She died there in 1975.
Spouse: April 2, 1935 Sverrir Ottó Ívarsson b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on February 22, 1910.
Children: 1. Frida Lorraine b. June 21, 1935 2. Karl Ívar b. January 20, 1939 3. Linda Björg b. July 1, 1946
Lára was the daughter of Vilhjálmur Ólafsson and Þorbjörg Lárusdóttir, farmers in Vatnabyggð. Sverrir was the son of Ívar Hjartarson and Guðnýj Rósa Stefánsdóttir. Ívar came to the West in 1913 and lived in Vatnabyggð. Guðný and Sverrir from there in 1927 and settled in Wynyard. Sverrir lived there the rest of his life and inherited his father’s land not far from the village. He had an extensive chicken farm there.