Guðbjörg Helgadóttir was born in Mýrasýsla on May 17, 1872. She died in the Mouse River Settlement in N. Dakota, July 7, 1959. She took the last name Freeman in the west.
Spouse: 1888 Guðmundur Jónsson b. July 24, 1865 in Dalasýsla, d. March 24, 1947 in Mouse River, N. Dakota. He took the name George Freeman in the west.
Children: 1. Sigríður Lilja b. January 11, 1889 2. Elizabet Helga b. March 14, 1890 3. John b. June 26, 1893 4. William b. September 19, 1895 5. Ellen Mae b. October 24, 1901 6. Mabel Emily b. May 4, 1904 7. Esther Björg b. April 18, 1909 8. Carl Julius b. July 3, 1912. Two sons died in childhood and another son, Victor Valtyr, died young as well.
Guðbjörg came west alone by sea in 1882 as her parents had come west a year earlier. Guðmundur came west to Kinmount, Ontario with his mother, stepfather, and siblings in 1874. They lived there until the spring of 1875 when they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they lived for some time. The family then moved to Elk Rapids, Michigan where Helgi Guðmundsson had come with his family. Helgi’s wife was the sister of Guðmundur’s mother, Sigríður. The families moved together to the Akra Settlement in N. Dakota in 1884, but the settlements had grown and Helgi Guðmundsson did not fare well there. He and Guðmundur went west to the Mouse River Settlement to explore the lands there, and Helgi bought land for himself and his family. Guðmundur and family joined them a year later, or in the spring of 1887, and lived there the rest of their lives.