ID: 4271
Date of birth : 1879
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1970
Skúli Benjamínsson Photo: PaB
Skúli Benjamínsson was born in Dalasýsla on September 4, 1879. He died in Manitoba on January 8, 1970.
Spouse: 1) 1913 Laufey Ísleifsdóttir b. June 9, 1878, d. September 3, 1921 2) March 21, 1927 Sesselja Ögmundsdóttir b. in Árnessýsla on August 17, 1880.
Children: With Laufey: 1. Eðvarð Benjamín 2. Elvíra Steinunn 3. Ingveldur Anna Melba 4. Friðrik Bernhard.
Skúli came west to Winnipeg with his parents, Benjamín Jónsson and Steinunn Jónsdóttir, in 1883 and the family moved to Árnes in New Iceland. He lived for a long time in Winnipeg but then moved to Saskatchewan and then on to California.