Baldur Stefánsson

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Baldur Stefánsson was born on September 25 in 1879 at Shawano, Wisconsin. At the age of ten he would leave with his family for their new home near Markerville, in the North-West Territories (now Alberta).

The photo below was taken in Dakota, shortly before they left. Baldur is on the left, Gudmundur in the center, and Jakob on the right.

Image courtesy Provincial Archives of Alberta, PH75.28.3.

Three young children in old-fashioned clothing pose for a vintage black and white studio portrait; Baldur is on the left, Gudmundur is seated in the center, and Jakob on the right.
Baldur is on the left, Gudmundur is seated in the center, and Jakob on the right.