ID: 4289
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1912
Guðjón Þorkelsson Photo VÍÆ III
Guðjón Þorkelsson was born in Dalasýsla on December 14, 1859. He died in Manitoba on December 29, 1912. Thorkelson in Canada.
Spouse: Lilja Sesselja Jónsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1859, d. in Manitoba in 1952.
Children: 1. Karl Baldvin (Baldwin) b. February 1, 1896 2. Sigurlaug Snót b.February 3, 1898, d. April 3, 1900.
Guðjón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1892, together with his sister Ingveldur and her daughter María Jónsdóttir. He and Lilja moved from there in 1901 with their son Karl to the Big Point settlement. Karl was later the school principal in Morden, Manitoba.