ID: 14294
Date of birth : 1881
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1974
Guðmundur Benediktsson was born in S. Múlasýsla on October 1, 1881. He died in Minnesota on July 17, 1974. He took the name Goodman B. Sigurdson in the west.
Spouse: Jennie B. Scofield b. October 20, 1880 in Rosendale, Wisconsin.
Children: 1. Oliver b. September 15, 1910 2. Erwin b. April 8, 1912 3. Francis Carroll b. 1917.
Guðmundur came west to Winnipeg in 1888 with his parents, Benedikt Sigurðsson and Guðný Halladóttir. He grew up in Manitoba, but then moved to Minneapolis where he was a cashier in a bank in 1920 and bank manager in 1930.