ID: 6281
Date of birth : 1844
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1920
Sigurður Guðmundsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1844. He died on April 5, 1920. He took the last name Nordal, based on Norðurárdal.
Spouse: Valgerður Jónsdóttir b. in the same sýsla in 1841, d. June 19, 1927.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1866 2. Sigurður Halldór b. 1871 3. Björg b. 1873 4. Sigríður 5. Jón 6. Margrét 7. Jane Lock 8. Jóhannes.
They came west to Canada in 1874. They moved to Markland, Nova Scotia and there 3 of their children were born: Margrét, Jane Lock, and Jón. From there, they moved west to the plains and in 1888 settled on their land in the Geysir Settlement, which they called Norðtunga.