ID: 7079
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1966
Sigurður Sölvason Photo VÍÆ III
Sigurður Sölvason was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1865. He died in Saskatchewan on December 27, 1966.
Spouse: Jóhanna Stefánsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1874, d. 1981 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð).
Children: 1. Þórey b. 1892 2. Salbjörg b. 1896 3. Sigurður 4. Margrét 5. Jón
They came west in 1899 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and first moved on to Mountain, N. Dakota. From there, they moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1905. They took land in the Wynyard community.