ID: 4339
Date of birth : 1817
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1896
Samúel Eiríksson was born in Dalasýsla on September 15, 1817. He died in N. Dakota on May 4, 1896
Spouse: Guðlaug Brandsdóttir b. May 30, 1823 in Dalasýsla, d. 1894.
Children: 1. Ingveldur b. August 13, 1845, d. August 14, 1923 2. Guðrún b. August 6, 1847, d. July 1, 1928 3. Sigríður Jóhanna b. August 11, 1848, d. December 16, 1923 4. Margrét b. March 23, 1850 5. Kristján b. December 18, 1854, d. October 2, 1947 6. Albert b. September 15, 1857, d. January 31, 1930.
Samúel and Guðlaug came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 with their children Guðrún and Albert. They went directly to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota where their son Kristján had settled in 1880. All their children came west.