ID: 4783
Date of birth : 1860
Date of death : 1944
Þórólfur Sigurgeirsson was born in Barðastrandarsýsla on February 14, 1860. He died on March 28, 1944. He had the last name Sivertz in the west.
Spouse: Herdís Gísladóttir b. 1835 at Vestfjörðir, d. May 5, 1919 in Seattle.
Children: Herdís’: 1. Margrét b. 1873 2. María b. 1874 3. Karvel b. 1878. They were the children of Karvel Gissurarson.
They came west in 1887 and were first in Winnipeg. The road led them to Victoria on Vancouver Island and then to Point Roberts, Washington in 1914. There he bought 17 acres from his sister Sigurbjörg and lived there. He took part in the social life of his countrymen and was treasurer of the reading society for years.