Guðríður Teitsdóttir

ID: 11215
Date of birth : 1867
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1935

Guðríður Teitsdóttir was born on January 1, 1867 in Húnavatnssýsla. She died in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on February 12, 1935.

Spouse: 1891 Valdimar Gíslason b. September 3, 1867 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in Saskatchewan on October 26, 1948.

Children: 1. Valdimar Gísli 2. Guðrún Kristín d. 1968 3. Kristján Carl 4. Gunnlaugur b. May 14, 1899 5. Emily 6. Elís Gunnar.

Valdimar and Guðríður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and took land in the Pembina Settlement, southwest of the village of Pembina, N. Dakota. They moved north to the Vallar Settlement in Saskatchewan about 1903 and took land there. They moved from there around 1920 and bought land north of Wynyard in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð).