Guðlaug Björnsdóttir

ID: 11467
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1913

Guðlaug Björnsdóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla in 1874. She died in Manitoba in 1913.

Spouse: 1893 Þorvaldur Kristjánsson b. in N. Múlasýsla in 1870, d. in Manitoba in 1934.

Children: 1. Guðrún (Rúna) b. 1894, d. 1960 2. Sigurborg (Borga) b. 1895, d. 1971 3. Þórunn (Tóta) b. 1897, d. 1966 4. Sigurbjörn (Barney) b. 1901, d. 1974 5. Kristjana (Stjana) b. 1903, d. 1977 6. Benedikt (Ben) b. 1908, d. 1958 7. Þorgerður (Gertie) b. 1910.

Þorvaldur and Guðlaug came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893. With them were Þorvaldar’s foster mother, Guðrún Benediktsdóttir, and her son, Benedikt Kristjánsson. Þorvaldur took land in the Árnes Settlement and lived there until 1906. They moved north to Lake Manitoba and settled at The Narrows. Two year later, they moved to Asham Point by the lake and lived there.