Brief Life History of Sæmundur
When Sæmundur Eiríksson was born in 1480, in Vatnsfjörður, Vestur-Ísafjarðarsýsla, Westfjords, Iceland, his father, Eiríkur Bjarnason, was 23 and his mother, Emerentíana Þorleifsdóttir, was 23. He married Guðriður Vigfúsdóttir in 1518, in Iceland. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died in 1552, in Rangárvallasýsla, Southern, Iceland, at the age of 72.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Sæmundur "riki" Eiríksson -
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Anders, Nils, Per, Alf, Algot, Alvar, Bjorn, Elof, Knut, Mats.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Erik, from Old Norse Eiríkr (see Erickson ). Compare Erickson , Ericsson , and Erikson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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