Soffía Jósafatsdóttir was born on September 9, 1831 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died on October 23, 1902 in Winnipeg.
Spouse: May 13, 1849 Baldvin Helgason b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on September 15, 1826, d. February 24, 1905 in Warrenton, Oregon.
Children: 1. Ásgeir Vídalín b. December 9, 1851 2. Friðrika Soffía b. January 1, 1853 3. Helga Steinvör b. 1854, d. 1857 4. Jósefína Hólmfríður b. October 31, 1857 5. Helga Steinvör b. December 3, 1858 (poet Undína) 6. Oddný Júlíana b. July 1, 1860, d. 1864 7. Jósafat Helgi b. October 18, 1861, d. 1864 8. Unnamed daughter b. 1864 9. Jósafat Helgi b. July 5, 1866 10. Baldvin Tryggvi b. December 2, 1868. 11.Óli Pétur b. September 8, 1873 in Ontario, died in infancy.
They came west to Ontario, Canada in 1873. He was a founder of the Icelandic settlement in Rosseau, Ontario and lived there until 1881. He then moved west to the Pembina Settlement in N. Dakota and then took land in the Garðar Settlement. He then lived in Mountain, but from there went to Selkirk, Manitoba.