ID: 18274
Born west
Date of birth : 1892
Þórður V Grímsson Photo: VÍÆ I
Katrín Ólafsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Þórður Valdimar Þórðarson was born in N. Dakota on November 2, 1892. He took the name Ted or Theodore Thordarson in the west.
Spouse: December 10, 1917 Katrín Ólafsdóttir b. September 21, 1894 in N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Sally Kay Kristín b. July 26, 1940.
Þorður was the son of Grímur Þórðarson and Solveig Snæbjörnsdóttir in N. Dakota. He graduated from Fargo Agricultural University in 1916, studied at Stanford University in California, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and graduated in law from Concordia University in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1956. Katrín was the daughter of Ólafur K. Ólafsson and Sigurbjörg Tómasdóttir, pioneer settlers in N. Dakota.