
Guðjón Jónsson Vopni

Guðríður Sigurðardóttir
Guðjón Jónsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on September 26, 1847. He died in 1931 in Saskatchewan. He took the last name Vopni in the west.
Spouse: June 16, 1880 Guðríður Sigurðardóttir born in N. Múlasýsla on July 20, 1849, d. November 10, 1931
Children: 1) Sveinn b. February 6, 1881, d. March 11, 1952 2) Sigurður b. July 15, 1883, d. May 1, 1956 3) Jón Björgvin b. November 28, 1885, d. August 26, 1966 4) Hannes b. September 29, 1887, d. 1889 5) Þórunn Björg b. November 7, 1890 6) Jósefína Málmfríður b. 1893.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889. They settled in the Argyle Settlement a year later. The moved west and bought land in the Vallar Settlement in western Manitoba in 1900. They bought land in the Vatnabyggð settlement in Saskatchewan and moved there in 1910. They lived in the Kandahar/Dafoe area.
