ID: 1088
Date of birth : 1889
Guðrún Grímsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ I
Guðrún Grímsdóttir was born on January 6, 1889 in Árnessýsla.
Spouse: Ágúst Samúel Eyjólfsson b. August 19, 1887 in Árnessýsla, d. in Manitoba on June 1, 1970. He had the name Agust S. Eyolfson in the west.
Children: 1. Guðmundur 2. Emil 3. Verma 4. Gunnar 5. Laufey. Three others died in childhood.
Ágúst came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1901 (Canadian army says 1902) and lived there a number of years. He returned to Iceland probably to collect his wife, as Guðrún came west in 1910.
They got married a little later and started farming on Ólaf Ólafsson’s land, which was a short distance south of the Big Point settlement. He later bought land in the settlement and lived there.