Ólína S Óladóttir

ID: 8120
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1947

Ólína with her son Einar Páll. Photo: FLNÍ

Ólína Sigurbjörg Óladóttir was born on August 1, 1874 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died on April 15, 1947 at Betel in Gimli, Manitoba.

Spouse: February 10, 1892 Ágúst Ísfeld Eiríksson b. in S. Múlasýsla on August 31, 1870, d. July 5, 1928 in New Iceland.

Children: 1. Eiríkur Ísfeld 2. Guðrún Jökulrós 3. Lena Ingibjörg 4. Ólöf Sigurbjörg 5. Anna Jarðþrúður 6. Olgeir Hans Trausti b. March 9, 1907, d. August 24, 1960 7. Einar Páll Helgi 8. Ágúst Victor Oddur 9. Guðmundur Björgvin Árelíus 10. Kristinn Jóhannes. They lost three additional children.

Ágúst came west in 1886 to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his mother, Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir, her husband, Þorsteinn Jónsson, and siblings. They settled in N. Dakota and Ágúst was there until 1888. He then moved north to New Iceland and took land in the Víðirnes Settlement and called it Hof. Ólína came west in 1888 with her mother, Guðrún Jónatansdóttir, her husband, Sigurgeir Halldórsson, and siblings.