Ólafur Pétursson

ID: 7499
Date of birth : 1879
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1952

Ólafur Pétursson

Ólafur Pétursson was born on January 17, 1879 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg on February 7, 1952.

Spouse: Anna Azelia McNab b. June 7, 1884 in Garðar, N. Dakota.

Children: 1.Philip Markús b. October 21, 1902 in Roseau, Minnesota 2. Elísabet Guðrún b. March 6, 1904 in Sask. 3. Rögnvaldur Franklín b. April 16, 1906 in  Kristnes, Sask. 4. Hannes Jón b. October 24, 1908 in Sask 5. Ólafur Björn b. April 30, 1910; d. October 7, 1910 in Foam Lake, Sask. 6. Anna Rose b. December 11, 1911 7. Ólafur Björn b. December 1, 1913 8. Lilja b. August 12, 1917 9. Pétur Bjarni b. June 26, 1921 10. Sigurður Gunnar b. June 30, 1925.

Ólafur emigrated west to N. Dakota with his parents, Pétur Björnsson and Margrét Björnsdóttir, and his siblings in 1883. He followed them to Roseau, Minnesota in 1899 and then to Saskatchewan in 1903. He moved to Gimli in New Iceland and lastly to Winnipeg in 1912. Anna was the daughter of John Franklin McNab and Bjargar Elísabetar Hallgrímsdóttur from Fremri Hlíð in Vopnafjörður. She came west in 1876.