Guðrún Þorláksdóttir was born on November 12, 1859 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in N. Dakota in 1943.
Spouse: October 29, 1885 Stefán Eyjólfsson born in N. Múlasýsla on December 25, 1849, d. in Garðar, N. Dakota on January 17, 1933.
Children: 1. Þórdís Anna b. 1886, d. 1890 2. Sesselja Steinunn b. February 5, 1888 2. Þorlákur Emanúel b. December 25, 1890 3. Þórdís Guðrún b. April 10, 1892 4. Margrét Sigurbjörg b. October 2, 1894 5. Pearl Guðfinna b. October 15, 1896 6. Magnús b. July 21, 1900 7. Björn b. November 9, 1903.
Guðrún came west to Ontario, Canada with her parents, Þorlákur Björnsson and Þórdís Árnadóttir, in 1874. They moved south to Pembina, N. Dakota in 1880, and in 1883 west to the Thingvalla Settlement. Stefán left Iceland on June 8, 1874 for Ontario, Canada. From there, he went south to Milwaukee, Wisconsin the same summer and was one of the first pioneers to take land in New Iceland in the fall of 1875. He moved from there, in 1880, and took land in Pembina, N. Dakota. He sold his land in 1883 and lived in Garðar.