ID: 20347
Date of birth : 1853
Date of death : 1929
Páll Sigurgeirsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 10, 1853. He died in Winnipeg on January 25, 1929.
Spouse: November 14, 1885 in Winnipeg, Halldóra Björnsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla on July 1, 1865, d. in Winnipeg, October 10, 1943.
Children: 1. Páll (Paul) 2. Sigurgeir 3. Ólafía 4. Ólafur 5. Vigdís 6. Þórunn.
Páll came to the West around 1880 and soon settled in Winnipeg. He soon took part in the cultural affairs of his countrymen and held various positions there. Halldóra came west to New Iceland in 1876 with her parents, Björn Pétursson and Ólafía Ólafsdóttir and siblings. They later settled in N. Dakota. Halldóra and Páll lived in Winnipeg. More about Páll in Icelandic heritage (Íslensk arfleifð) below.