ID: 14840
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1950
Anna and Guðmundur in their later years
Anna Helga Helgadóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla on September 5, 1865. She died in 1950 in New Iceland.
Spouse: 1889 Guðmundur Helgason born on March 16, 1868 in Gullbringusýsla. He died in Manitoba in 1960.
Children: Childless, but they raised these foster children: 1. Sigrún Ingibjörg Gunnlaugsdóttir, Guðmundur’s niece 2. Anna Helga Eiríksdóttir, Guðlaugurs daughter and sister of Guðmundur. 3. Guðmundur Ágúst Þorfinnsson and Kristín Þorfinnsdóttur. Their father was Guðmundur’s brother.
Anna Helga came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888, while Guðmundur emigrated with his mother and brothers in 1885. Anna and Guðmundur settled north of the Árnes settlement in New Iceland.