Guðrún Steinsdóttir

ID: 6234
Single parent
Date of birth : 1868
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1936

Guðrún Steinsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1868. She died on March 26, 1936 in Gimli.

Spouse: Pálmi Lárusson b. March 6, 1865 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. in Winnipeg on July 18, 1957.

Children:  1. Sigríður b. 1892 in Iceland 2. Ósk Guðný b. February 12, 1893, d. May 15, 1961 3.  Lárus Pálmi b. August 29, 1895, d. August 28, 1918 4. Sigursteinn b January 1, 1898 5. Benedikt Óskar Björgvin b. October 1, 1900 6. Steinunn Anna b. July 27, 1903 7. Jónína b. November 10, 1905 8. Brynjólfur Halldór b.  August 2, 1909 9, Hjálmar Valdimar b. October 12. október, 1912, d. in Winnipeg 1980.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and settled in Gimli in New Iceland. Pálmi worked in the fishing industry for many years.