Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir

ID: 2987
Date of birth : 1835
Place of birth : Rangárvallasýsla
Date of death : 1912

Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir was born on August 15, 1834 in Rangárvallasýsla. She died on October 12, 1912 in Spanish Fork. She took the name Gudrun Einarson in the west.

Spouse: October 7, 1864 Vigfús Einarsson was born on July 17, 1838 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died on October 9, 1916. He was known as Vossie Einarson in Utah.

Children: 1. Sesselja b. November 23, 1866, d. October 12, 1957. 2. Einar b. August 1, 1872, d. November 21, 1933 3. Árni b. July 11, 1875, d. June 14, 1925. Their son, Guðlaugur, b. August 18, 1864 stayed in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar).

Guðrún emigrated west to Utah in 1889. Vigfús came west alone in 1888, while their son, Árni, emigrated a year earlier, Sesselja in 1891, and Einar in 1892.