ID: 14139
Date of birth : 1865
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1918
Jakob Pétur Guðmundsson was born on December 8, 1865 in S. Múlasýsla. He died on November 15, 1919.
Spouse: May 9, 1887 Guðrún (Runa) Þóra Pálsdóttir b. 1871, d. February 25, 1954 in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Guðmundur Júlíus b. February 13, 1890 2. Jóhanna (Hanna) Kristín b. June 20, 1892 3. Sigrún Soffía b. 1895 4. Óskar Jóhannes b. September 4, 1898 5. Lillian Anna Ingibjörg b. February 14, 1907, d. 1910.
Jakob Pétur came west in 1878 with his mother, Ingibjörg Þorkelsdóttir after his father, Guðmundur Ásmundsson, had died. Travelling with them was his father’s sister, Arnfríður Ásmundsdóttir. They settled in Lincoln County in Minnesota. Guðrún Þóra had come west with her mother, Þóra Eiríksdóttir, in 1876.