ID: 7769
Date of birth : 1837
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1894
Guðmundur Pétursson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 10, 1837. He died in N. Dakota on November 20, 1894. He took the last name Peterson in the west.
Spouse: Þorbjörg Finnbogadóttir b. August 31, 1830 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1860 2. Kristín b. 1864 3. Ólafur b. November 14, 1865 4. Guðbjörg b. 1866 6. Sesselja b. 1869
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and settled in New Iceland. From there, they moved to Winnipeg in 1880 and then on to N. Dakota in 1883. They lived in the Víkur Settlement.