Gunnar Þórðarson Photo: Nelson Gerrard
Gunnar Þórðarson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1852. He died in Gimli on October 6, 1934.
Spouse: Anna Þorsteinsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1846. Companion/partner: Kristín Bjarnadóttir b. 1870 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: With Anna: 1. Þorsteinn. Gunnar may have had a son before marriage. Kristín and Hinrik Árnason’s children: 1. Jón b. 1902 2. Bjarni b. 1904.
Gunnar came west to Canada in 1898 and would have gone to Winnipeg. Gunnar and Anna had probably divorced because she did not come west with their son. Kristín came west to Winnipeg with her son Jón, but Bjarni came there later. Gunnar applied for land in the Árdals Settlement in 1909, but it turned out to be wet and Gunnar returned it and moved with Kristín and her boys to Arborg. They lived there until 1921, then moved to Selkirk. Gunnar then moved to Bethel in Gimli in 1933.