ID: 10212
Date of birth : 1854
Date of death : 1943
Benedikta María Helgadóttir Photo: FAtV
Gunnar Helgason Photo: FAtV
Gunnar Helgason was born in Fnjóskadal in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on November 12, 1854. He died on March 13, 1943.
Spouse: November 14, 1884 Benedikta María Helgadóttir b. February 9, 1860 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. October 11, 1950.
Children: 1. Helgi b. January 16, 1886, d. March 18, 1964. 2. Alba b. 1887 3. Guðlaugur Benedikt b. 1893, d. 1942. 4. Sigurlaug Guðrún b. December 16, 1894, d. 1981. 5. Herbert b. 1897
They came west in 1887 and settled in New Iceland. They took land in the Hnausa settlement in 1888.