Guðmundur Ólafsson Goodmanson Photo: VÍÆ II
Guðmundur Ólafsson Goodmanson was born in Manitoba on February 19, 1890. He died in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia on November 14, 1963.
Spouse: December 25, 1913 Arnbjörg Sigríður Bjarnadóttir b. in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 26, 1893.
Children: 1. Arnbjörg Ástríður Margrét b. November 22, 1914 2. Solveig Lillian Þúríður b. June 25, 1916 3. Florence Guðríður Marcella b. October 23, 1918 4. Lawrence Ólafur Bjarni b. March 12, 1921 5. Harald Kristján Mundi b. March 30, 1923 6. Violet Ellanora Rose b. February 12, 1925.
Guðmundur was the son of Ólafur Guðmundsson and Margrét Kristjánsdóttir who came west in 1887. Arnbjörg came to the West with her parents, Bjarni Árnason and Ástríður Sigurðardóttir in 1900. Guðmundur married Arnbjörg in Manitoba and they began farming. They lived in Saskatchewan many years before moving to Flin Flon, Manitoba in 1935. The road led them west to the Pacific in 1948, where they settled in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. See more about him in Íslensk arfleifð below.