Family of Grímur KAMBAN and Not KNOWN

  • Husband:

  • Grímur KAMBAN (c. 775- )

  • Wife:

  • Not KNOWN ( - )

  • Children:

  • Tórstein GRÍMSON (c. 800- )

  • Marriage:

  • "??"

  • "??"

  • residence family:

  •  

  • Funningur Eysturoy Faroe Islands

Husband: Grímur KAMBAN

  • Name:

  • Grímur KAMBAN

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 0775

  • "??" (Ireland ?)1

  • Residence:

  • c. 0825 (age 49-50)

  • Funningur Eysturoy Faroe Islands2

  •  

  • the first Norse settler in the Faroe Islands

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Faroe Islands ?

Wife: Not KNOWN

  • Name:

  • Not KNOWN

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • "??"

  • "??"

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • "??"

Child 1: Tórstein GRÍMSON

  • Name:

  • Tórstein GRÍMSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Not KNOWN ( - )

  • Birth:

  • c. 0800

  • "??"1

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • "??"

Note on Husband: Grímur KAMBAN (1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%ADmur_Kamban

Note on Husband: Grímur KAMBAN (2)

the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman.

Note on Husband: Grímur KAMBAN (3)

Possibly he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland

Sources

1.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

2.

Linden Internet search.