Þorbjörg Guðmundsdóttir

ID: 3550
Date of birth : 1844
Date of death : 1923

Þorbjörg Guðmundsdóttir was born on October 15, 1844 in Dalasýsla. She died on October 26, 1923 in the Lundar Settlement.

Spouse: Jón Jónsson b. in Dalasýsla on April 27, 1840, d. in Manitoba on January 7, 1908.

Children: 1. Jóhann b. 1874 2. Björg b. August 4, 1876 3. Guðjón b. 1879 4. Guðmundur b. 1881 5. Katrín b. 1884 6. Ólafur Valdimar b. December 18, 1897.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885 and moved on to New Iceland. They settled in Mikley and lived there 11 years. Floods in Lake Winnipeg forced them to move and they went to Selkirk where they lived 2 years. From there, they made their way to the Lundar Settlement.