ID: 12979
Date of birth : 1845
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1937
Margrét Halldórsdóttir was born at Húsavík in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 13, 1845, d. December 20, 1937 in Hensel.
Spouse: October 1, 1867 Ólafur Árnason b. May 3, 1834 in N. Múlasýsla, d. October 4, 1904 in N. Dakota. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Children: 1. Jarþrúður b. 1867, d. 1868 2. Guðjón (Jón) b. March 3, 1872 3. Guðbjörg b. August 19, 1873, d. 1876 4. Sigtryggur b. December 24, 1874, d. 1876 5. Árni b. March 30, 1878, d. March 12, 1953 6. Gunnar Tryggvi b. 1880 7. Guðrún Björg (Bertha) b. September 12, 1882, d. 1951 8. Björgvin b. 1884 9. Hildur b. 1888
They emigrated to New Iceland in 1876 and settled in the Hnausa Settlement. They moved to Winnipeg in 1881 and from there to Hensel, N. Dakota in 1882.