ID: 20438
Born west
Date of birth : 1893
Date of death : 1989
Valdheiður Jósepsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Valdheiður Jósepsdóttir was born in the Geysir settlement on September 23, 1893. She died in Manitoba in 1989.
Spouse: October 15, 1927 Karl Kristján Þorláksson b. September 25, 1888 in Ísafjarðarsýsla, d. July 4, 1955. He was known as Carl K Thorlakson in the west.
Childless. They fostered Carl Thorbjörn b. July 7, 1933.
Valdheiður was the daughter of Jósep Benjamínsson and Herdís Einarsdóttir, early settlers in the Geysir settlement. Karl came to the West in 1911 and lived in Winnipeg. He was a watchmaker and jeweler in Winnipeg.