ID: 16371
Date of birth : 1890
Þórður Ásgeirsson was born in Hnappadalssýsla on February 19, 1890.
Spouse: November 22, 1919 Anna Guðrún Timotheusdóttir b. February 6, 1896 in Garðar, N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Ólína Þorbjörg b. November 14, 1925 2. Anna Ásrún b. May 14, 1927 3. Þórdís Aðalheiður b. December 12, 1929.
Þórður was the son of Ásgeir Þórðarson and Ólína Bergljót Guðmundsdóttir who came west in 1910. The family settled in Winnipeg where Þórður worked as a carpenter. He was in the Canadian army from 1916-1919, married, and moved to the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan and began farming near Mozart. He was very involved in community organizations, a member of cooperatives, a wheat cooperative and a trade association.