Þorvaldur Þórarinsson and Sesselja Eyjólfsdóttir: Photo IRS
Þorvaldur Þórarinsson was born in Hnappadalssýsla December 4, 1855. Died in New Iceland August 22, 1929.
Spouse: 1) December 22, 1885 Sesselja Eyjólfsdóttir b. October 15 in Norður-Múlasýsla, 1856, d. 1890 in New Iceland 2) January 29, 1893 Helga Tómasdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, January 3, 1872, d. July 16, 1964.
Children: With Sesselja: 1. Eysteinn b. in Winnipeg January 3, 1887 2. Steinunn b. December 7, 1887, d. December 18, 1968 in Winnipeg 3. Child stillborn. With Helga: 1. Sigtryggur (Tryggvi) b. August 16, 1894 2. Þórarinn b. March 2, 1896 3.Vilhelmína Sigurbjörg b. March 8, 1898 4. Albert Vilhjálmur b. May 28, 1899 5. Tómas Lárus (Wilbert) b. June 21, 1900 6. Kristín Soffía b. July 14, 1901 7. Stefán Haraldur b. February 1, 1903 8. Jónas Helgi b. March 5, 1904 9. Tómas Þorvaldur b. November 18, 1905 10. Kristján b. March 16, 1907 11. Lárus b. January 10, 1908.
Þorvaldur emigrated alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876. After a brief time in New Iceland he landed a railway job east of Selkirk. He moved to Mikley in New Iceland in 1878 but by 1881 he had moved to the Icelandic River Settlement where he lived afterwards.
Þorvaldur Þórarinsson and Helga Tómasdóttir Photo IRS