Guðný Sigfúsdóttir

ID: 9591
Date of birth : 1883
Date of death : 1954

Guðný Ólöf Sigfúsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV

Guðný Ólöf Sigfúsdóttir was born at Grænavatn in Mývatnssveit on April 26, 1859. She died in Manitoba on April 30, 1944.

Spouse: June 5, 1882 Gunnlaugur Oddsson b. N. Þingeyjarsýsla on March 17, 1850 d. Selkirk, Manitoba on March 21, 1931.

Children: 1. Rakel b. N. Þingeyjarsýsla on December 25, 1883, d. Selkirk on March 3, 1954 2. María b. N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 3, 1886, d. May 23, 1962 3. Björn Ísfeld b. May 15, 1889 4. Snorri Aðalsteinn b. July 16, 1892 5. Gunnlaugur Sigfús b. 1899 6. Sigrún Ólöf b. October 12, 1905.

Gunnlaugur and Guðný came to the West in 1888 with their daughters Rakel and María. They spent the first winter in Mikley but then moved from there in the spring and settled in Selkirk. They lived there after that where Gunnlaugur was a carpenter.