ID: 5115
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1915
Siggeir Ólafsson was born on December 27, 1850 in Staðarsveit in Snæfellsnessýsla. He died in Duluth, Minnesota on December 20, 1915. He took the last name Olson in the west.
Spouse: Halldóra Guðmundsdóttir b. August 5, 1854 in Snæfellsnessýsla, d. October 28, 1921.
Children: 1. Anna Halldóra d. 7 years old 2. Þorbjörg d. 11 years old 3. Þorgeir Finnbogi b. September 27, 1879 4. Ólafur b. October 8, 1883 5. Sveinn (?) or Harry (?) b. June 1, 1892, d. in childhood 6. Franklín b. May 31, 1897.
They came west to Winnipeg in 1886 and lived there three years. They moved to Wisconsin and lived on Washington Island a short time before moving to Duluth, Minnesota. Halldóra was a midwife and ran her own practice for many years.