Þorvaldur Guðmundsson

ID: 11822
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1932

Þorvaldur Guðmundsson: Born in Vopnafjordur in N. Múlasýsla on May 18, 1868. He died on November 15, 1932. (He was known as Thor or Thomas Gudmundsson in the west.)

Spouse: Guðfinna Magnea (Maggie) Árnadóttir b. 1880, d. July 19, 1969.

Children: 1. Þorsteinn (Thorsteinn) Ingimundur b. November 2, 1895; d. 1908 2. Sigurbjörg (Bertha) b. 1897 3. Pétur Arnór b. September 10, 1899; d. 1900 4. Margrét Cecelia b. 1901 5. Guðrún b. 1902; d. 1904 6. Jón (John) b. 1903 7. Pétur Arnór b. July 10, 1905 8. Guðrún Kristín (Christine Gertrude) b. August 11, 1907  9. Theodore Miller b. January 10, 1910  10. Marvin Steindór b. 1913; d. 1937

Þorvaldur emigrated west in 1880 at 11 years old with Eyjólfur Björnsson and his family. They first lived in Nova Scotia but soon moved west to the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota. Guðfinna Magnea came west with her parents, Árni Magnússon and Sigurbjörg Árnadóttir, in 1889.  He was a carpenter.