ID: 7078
Date of birth : 1872
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1964
Ólafur Stefánsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1872. He died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in 1964.
Back row: Bogi, María, Stefán, Óli, Lilja. Seated: Inga, Ólafur, Ingibjörg and Sigrún Photo: RbQ
Spouse: 1900 Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir b. 1875 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Lilja 2. María Margrét 3. Stefán b. 1906 4. Sigrún b. 1908 5. Óli Ingvar b. 1911 6. Bogi b. 1913 7. Inga.
Ólafur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1898 an Ingibjörg a year later. The couple married in 1900 and moved to land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1904. They moved west to the Wynyard Settlement, west of the village.