Guðrún Jónsdóttir

ID: 11816
Date of birth : 1818
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1895

Guðrún Jónsdóttir: Born in N. Múlasýsla July 3, 1819. She died on September 11, 1895 in Argyle, Manitoba.

Spouse: Sveinn Jónsson b. 1818, d. 1866.

Children: Guðrún Þóra b. November 16, 1845 2. Sigríður b. Desember 6, 1847 3. Sigurborg b. Desember 15, 1847 4. Aðalbjörg b. Desember 3, 1848 5. Stefanía b. June 24, 1853 6. Guðjón b. February 8, 1855 7. Sigurjón b. February 18, 1857 8. Árni Metúsalem b. March 28, 1860.

She was a widow when she came west in 1879, the same year as her son Árni Sveinsson. She took land in the Argyle Settlement, where two other sons, Guðjón and Sigurjón, had already settled. Sigurjón left soon after for Alberta.