Gunnar Þorleifsson Photo: VÍÆ IV
Guðrún Friðriksdóttir Photo: VÍÆ IV
Gunnar Þorleifsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on February 16, 1886. He died in N. Dakota on December 26, 1948.
Spouse: October 30, 1911 Guðrún Friðriksdóttir b. October 4, 1888 in Hensel, N. Dakota.
Children: 1. Friðrik b. April 6, 1912 2. Bríet Ingibjörg b. September 1, 1913 3. Sigrún Margrét b. January 29, 1915 4. Auróra Helga b. October 14, 1916 5. Vilmar b. January 21, 1919 6. Guðrún Esther b. April 21, 1921 7. Alice Sigríður b. April 5, 1923 8. Marvin Gunnar b. July 2, 1925.
Gunnar came west to N. Dakota in 1887 with his parents, Þorleifur Gunnarsson and Sigríður Jónsdóttir. They settled near Milton. Guðrún was the daughter of Friðrik Jóhannesson and Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir, pioneers in the Akra Settlement. Gunnar was a carpenter and house builder, building many houses in the Mouse River community.