Icelandic Collection: Icelandic Archives

Beginning in 1916, the membership of the Jon Sigurdsson Chapter was made up of Icelandic immigrant women, who wanted to contribute to Canadian society in a substantive way by supporting the home front during World War I. This fond contains their records, both administrative and historical.

Paul H.T. Thorlakson, surgeon (b at Park River, N Dak 5 Oct 1895; d at Winnipeg, Man 19 Oct 1989).

Born in Iceland on 20 November 1870, son of Marteinn Jonsson and Gudrun Jonsdottir, he came to Winnipeg in 1883 and was educated at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota (1895) and the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a Lutheran cleric in May 1899 and served for a short time at the First Lutheran Church in Winnipeg and in the Churchbridge district of Saskatchewan. This collection contains many of his sermons done both in Manitoba as well as across Canada. Also included are some personal documents with correspondence.