Back row: Stepson Einar, friend Betty Sigurdson, Guðríður, Soffía Jónsdóttir Snifeld wife of Einar Benedikt. Front row: Einar and Margrét. Photo PaB
Einar Guðmundsson was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on September 19, 1851. Died in Manitoba August 18, 1938.
Spouse: 1) 1881 Guðríður Benediktsdóttir b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1843. She died in New Iceland about 1893. 2) January 29, 1896 Margrét Sigurðardóttir b. 1866 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: With Margrét: 1. Magnús b. March 28, 1895, d. August 13, 1959 2. Guðríður b. February 18, 1897, d. September, 17, 1974 3. Guðrún b. September 10, 1898, d. November, 15, 1962 4. Guðmundur b. 1900, d. same year 5. Friðrik (Frederik) b. May 11, 1901, d. December 1, 1955 6. Þórunn Elísabet b. November, 9, 1904, d. October 16, 1987 7. Guðný Ingibjörg b. December 10, 1908, d. April 18, 1981. They had a foster son named Einar Benedikt Gíslason b. October 26, 1893, d. February 15, 1974.
Einar and Guðríður came west in 1887 to Winnipeg, Manitoba and continued on to New Iceland. Einar took land in the Árnes Settlement and named it Einarsstað. Margrét emigrated west in 1893.