Guðmundur Björn Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla September 17, 1863. Died in Winnipeg March 31, 1897. He took the name Byron Doyle in Canada.
Spouse: December 15, 1891 Snjólaug Jónsdóttir (Sadie Stone) b. January, 1870, d. 1944.
Children: 1. Christiana Solveig b. April 7, 1893 in Winnipeg 2. Jón Albert b. September 23, 1897, d. in infancy.
Guðmundur emigrated to Winnipeg with his mother, Helga Aradóttir in 1883. They went to the Icelandic River Settlement but Guðmundur went to Winnipeg after a short stay. Lived there for the rest of his life. He joined the Northwest Mounted Police and may have been the first non-British recruit. He participated in the war against Louis Riel in 1885 and was sometimes nicknamed “Soldier Björn” after that. He worked on the railway a few years and an Irish friend suggested a different name. This explains the name Byron Doyle.