Guðrún Davíðsdóttir

ID: 2374
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1940

Guðrún Davíðsdóttir was born in Dalasýsla on November 4, 1857. She died in Duluth, Minnesota on May 22, 1940.

Spouse: Kristján Jónsson b. July 14, 1858 in Mýrasýsla, d. in Duluth on February 12, 1947. Chris Johnson in the west.

Children: 1. Pétur b. in Duluth on November 27, 1889, d. young 2. Albert b. 1893, d. February 25, 1910 3. Svava b. May 2, 1894 4. Susan d. at 21 years of age.

Guðrún was the daughter of Davíð Bjarnason and Þórdís Jónsdóttir. She and Kristján came west to Winnipeg in 1886 and were married there. They moved south to N. Dakota and lived there until the spring of 1888 when they moved east to Duluth. Kristján got work at the Forest Hill Cemetery and it was his workplace for many years.