ID: 7127
Date of birth : 1866
Date of death : 1908
Ólafur Benediktsson Photo: VÍÆ IV
Ólafur Benediktsson was born in 1866 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died on November 8, 1908.
Spouse: 1896 Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, of Scandinavian descent
Children: 1. Nellie 2. Lillian. Another daughter died in childhood.
Ólafur was the son of Benedikt Ólafsson and Hólmfríður Bjarnadóttir, who came west in 1874 and settled in Canada. Ólafur was a farmer in the area near Markerville, Alberta. He later became a merchant and postmaster.