Einar Guðmundsson

ID: 12947
Date of birth : 1820
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1901

Einar Guðmundsson Was born March, 1820 at Stórasteinsvaði in Norður-Múlasýsla. Died February 3, 1899 in Akra, N.Dakota.

Spouse: March 27, 1843: Jarþrúður Guðmundsdóttir b. March 14, 1814 at Skeggjastaðir in Norður-Múlasýsla. Died in Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1889.

Children: 1. Jón b. 1844, d. 1908 2. Guðmundur b. 1845, d. 1846 3. Halldór b. 1847 4. Anna Kristín b. 1848, d. 1923.

5. Björn b. 1849, d. 1860 6. Guðlaug b. 1851, d. 1907 7. Þórunn b. 1853 8. Ólöf Þuríður b. 1854, d. 1854.

They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and went to New Iceland that same year. The settled in Hnausa Settlement and named their farm Reykir. Moved to N. Dakota in 1881 and settled in Hensel Settlement.