ID: 7141
Date of birth : 1840
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1921
Guðlaug Pálsdóttir was born in 1840 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. She died at Betel care home in Gimli, Manitoba in 1921.
Spouse: Björn Kristjánsson Skagfjörð b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1834, d. 1906 in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Guðlaug b. 1869 2. Kristján b. 1872 3. Halldór b. 1875 in Omemee, Ontario. Three other children died.
They came west to Rosseau, Ontario in 1873. Their path led them to New Iceland, but in 1880, Björn took land in the Cavalier Settlement east of Akra, N. Dakota.