ID: 4988
Date of birth : 1878
Place of birth : Ísafjarðarsýsla
Guðmundur Þorkelsson was born on August 10, 1878 in Ísafjarðarsýsla.
Spouse: 1897 Guðný Anna Stefánsdóttir b. in New Iceland on April 7, 1879, d. at the Betel care home in Gimli on August 30, 1966.
Children: 1. Jón Ágúst 2. Stefanía Ingibjörg 3. Þorkell Stefán 4. Guðmundur Halldór 5. Kristín 6. Sigurlína 7. Guðrún María 8. Björn Þorsteinn 9. Júlíus Guðmundur.
Guðmundur emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents, Stefán Sigurðsson and Guðrún Ísleifsdóttir, in 1887. He followed them to New Iceland and when he was an adult, bought land in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland.