Guttormur Guttormsson
Rannveig Gísladóttir Photos VÍÆ II
Guttormur Guttormsson was born in Vopnafjörður in N. Múlasýsla on December 10, 1880. He died in Spokane, Washington on July 25, 1956.
Spouse: December 10, 1909 Rannveig Gísladóttir b. in Hallson, N. Dakota on January 9, 1888.
Children: Gísli Ragnar b. October 5, 1910 2. Fjóla María b. May 6, 1913 3. Jón Lárus b. April 28, 1915 4. Helga Guðlaug b. June 1, 1917 5. Elín Thora b. January 5, 1920 6. Anna Sigrún b. October 29, 1922 7. Stefán Thorsteinn b. June 12, 1925.
Guttormur came west with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893. He was ordained a priest/pastor in Winnipeg on June 27, 1909. He served Icelandic congregations on the Pacific coast from 1911 to 1912 and in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan from 1912 to 1918. He became the pastor of St. Paul’s congregation in Minneota, Minnesota in 1918 and served there until 1956. Rannveig was the daughter of Gísli Egilsson and Ragnheiður Halldóra Jóhannsdóttir who settled in Hallson, N. Dakota, and in the Lögbergs Settlement in Saskatchewan.