ID: 12217
Date of birth : 1870
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1942
Finnur Guðmundsson was born on May 1, 1870 in N. Múlasýsla. He died in Lyon County in Minnesota on January 1, 1942. He took the name Sigfinn Gudmundsson in the west.
Spouse: 1) June 8, 1892 Clara May Fifield b. April 25, 1870, d. July 21, 1939 2) 1940 Hannah Fuller.
Children: 1. Ira b. April 11, 1893 2. Oscar James b. December 24, 1894 3. Carrie b. March 30, 1896
Finnur came west in 1878 with his foster parents, Sigfinnur Pétursson and Sigurbjörg Sigurðardóttir. They settled in Lincoln County and Finnur spent his first years there. He bought land in 1891 in Lyon County and lived there the rest of his life.