When Olaf Sigurdsson was born in 1732, in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Suðurland, Iceland, his father, Sigurður Björnsson, was 38 and his mother, Margrét Oddsdóttir, was 30. He married Anna Bjarnadottir in 1766, in Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Suðurland, Iceland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died after 1801, in his hometown.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Arni, Bjorn, Sig.
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Sigurdsson: patronymic from the personal name Sigurd, Old Norse Sigurthr, composed of the elements sig ‘victory’ + varthr ‘guardian’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Sigurdsen, a cognate of 1 above.
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