Sesselja Gudmundson

ID: 20336
Born west
Date of birth : 1886
Date of death : 1947

Sesselja Jónasdóttir was born in N. Dakota on December 4, 1886. She died on May 25, 1947 in the Árdals settlement. She was known as Sella Gudmundson in the west.

Spouse: Guðmundur Pétursson b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1880, d. April 25, 1941. He was known as Gudmundur (Mundi) S. Gudmundson in the west.

Children: Tryggvi b. January 29, 1907. 2. Hólmfríður (Freda) b. November 24, 1912 3. Stefán Pétur b. December 8, 1914 4. Guðrún Jóhanna b. September 16, 1916 5. Andrés Edward b. April 27, 1920 6. Kristjana Rannveig b. July 2, 1926

Sesselja was the daughter of Jónas Tryggvi Ingjaldsson and Hólmfríður Andrésdóttir who came west to N. Dakota in 1886. Guðmundur came west with his parents, Pétur Stefán Guðmundsson and Guðrún Benjamínsdóttir in 1883. He moved with his mother, now a widow, to the Árdals-Framnes settlement from N. Dalota in 1901. They took land there in 1911.