Guðrún Jónsdóttir

ID: 6137
Single parent
Date of birth : 1861

Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in 1861 in Húnavatnssýsla.

Spouse: 1886 Magnús Sigurðsson b. in Mýrasýsla in 1856. He died on September 21, 1945 in Manitoba.

Children: 1. Þorgrímur b. 1886 2. Guðrún 3. Þuríður b. 1890

Magnús emigrated west in 1901 while Guðrún, Þuríður, and Þorgrímur had emigrated in 1900.  They lived the first years in Headingley, west of Winnipeg. They moved to the Árdals-Framnes Settlement in 1903 and named their land Storð.