Gunnar Oddsson

ID: 2643
Date of birth : 1861
Place of birth : Kjósarsýsla
Date of death : 1911

Standing: Ingibjörg, Clara, Kristjana. Seated: Svava, son Kristjan, Kensley Wheaton, Sesselja Photo A Century Unfolds

Gunnar Oddsson: Born in 1862 at Hvamm in Kjósarsýsla. Died in 1911.

Spouse: 1895 Sesselja Ögmunda Sveinsdóttir b. 1877 in Árnessýsla. Died in 1969.

Children: 1) Þorbjörg Ósk b. 1896 d. 1916 2) Jóhanna Hlíf (Kristjana) b. August 13, 1898. Died September 24, 1960 3) Sveinn Hjaltalín b. 1899 d. 1918 4) Tryggvi b. June 17, 1903. Died March 1, 1930. 5) Clara b. December 21, 1906 6) Svava b. April 10, 1910 7) Ingibjörg b. October 11, 1911. Died in 1974

Gunnar had another daughter, Margrét b. 1894

They came west 1900 and settled in New Iceland. They took land in the Framnes Settlement in 1901.