The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.2009, Side 56

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Vol. 62 #3
Corrections
Greetings,
I thoroughly enjoy the magazine. In the last issue, the article on Icelandic teachers, my
mother was one of the first to teach in Winnipeg. Her name was Kirstin Hermann, Kristin as
noted in the article. Keep up the good work.
- Mike (Magnus) Olafson
Dear Lorna,
Much as I hate to be a critic and even though it is a matter that only I care about I would
like to set a couple of things straight in the fine article about Margret Benedictsson in the last
issue. The article stated "Margret left Winnipeg in 1913 to go and live with her daughter who
was married and living in Washington State. Her son stayed behind with his father in
Winnipeg." This is completely false and gives the impression that she spent her remaining days
(43 years!) living with her married daughter. The facts are much more interesting.
She came to Seattle, Washington in 1912 with my father Ingersoll who was 12 years old.
Her daughter Helen remained in Manitoba and was not married at that time. She made her
living selling insurance for New York Life. She travelled the Pacific Northwest selling insur-
ance to Icelanders and writing articles. Eventually she did live with her daughter who was
then married and living in Anacortes. Many years of retirement were spent in Blaine,
Washington. She died in Anacortes but she is buried in the family plot in Hillsdale Cemetery,
Blaine, Washington.
- Sincerely, Norma Helen Benedictson Thomasson
Omission from Vol 62#3, the Contributors page:
Gudrun (Vi) Hilton was born in Churchbridge, SK. While in Victoria she belonged to
their INL. Now she enjoys working in the Icelandic community in Winnipeg. She is a mem-
ber of Fron, worker at Logberg Heimskringla and is often a tour director for those interested
in "Icelandic Winnipeg."
Back row left to right: Signy Mclnnis, baby Aleesha Harms, Melvin Mclnnis, Inga
Melvinsdottir. Front row: Thora Mclnnis and Langamma Hrund Skulason. This is the cutline
that should have run under the photo in Volume 62, #3.