ID: 19348
Born west
Date of birth : 1886
Place of birth : Hallson
Guðmundur Egilsson was born in Hallson, N. Dakota in 1886. He took the last name Anderson in the west.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Sigmundsdóttir from Skagafjörður.
Guðmundur’s parents were Egill Gíslason and Ólína María Björnsdóttir who came west in 1883.
Egill died in 1886 and, after some years, Ólína married Sigurður Andrésson who was registered with the last name Anderson in the west, and Guðmundur took that name. Guðmundur followed his mother and Sigurður from N. Dakota to the Pine Valley Settlement in Manitoba in 1902. Guðmundur took land there and started farming, but later sold the farm and moved to Winnipeg.