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View Tree for Helgi Olafsson (Olson)Helgi Olafsson (Olson) (b. 13 Nov 1858, d. 30 Sep 1915)

Helgi Olafsson (Olson) (son of Olafur Jonsson and Helga Sveinsdottir)1 was born 13 Nov 1858 in East Solheimar, Iceland, and died 30 Sep 1915 in Birch Bay, Washington, USA. He married Anna Eyjolfursdottir on 04 Aug 1891 in Provo, Utah, daughter of Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson and Helga Bernnardsdottir.

 Includes NotesNotes for Helgi Olafsson (Olson):
Helgi worked at Skammahol and Dyrholum until 1882. He then went to the Westmann Islands and then to the U.S. in 1890. The name of the ship he came on is unknown. He ended up in Spanish Fork, Utah where he worked for the coal mines.

In 1891 he went back to the Wetmann Islands, marrie dAnna Eyjolfsdottir and they both came to Spanish Fork, Utah.

A few years later the Mormons tried to convert him and he took his family and ended up in Blaine, Washington.


More About Helgi Olafsson (Olson) and Anna Eyjolfursdottir:
Marriage: 04 Aug 1891, Provo, Utah.

Children of Helgi Olafsson (Olson) and Anna Eyjolfursdottir are:
  1. Thorstane (Stanley), b. 08 Oct 1892, Spanish Fork, Utah, d. 27 Apr 1967, San Diego, California.
  2. +Anna (Annie), b. 30 Sep 1895, Spanish Fork, Utah, d. 19 Mar 1957, Blaine, Washington.
  3. Sigurd (John), b. 22 Dec 1897, Spanish Fork, Utah, d. 29 May 1967, Seattle, Washington.
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