ID: 5009
Date of birth : 1854
Place of birth : Strandasýsla
Date of death : 1930
Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir Photo: TSPLD
Guðbjörg Hjaltadóttir was born on June 28, 1854 in Strandasýsla. She died on May 8, 1930 in Marshland, Manitoba.
Spouse: 1888 Jón Atli Magnússon b. in Strandasýsla on June 17, 1855, d. in Langruth on July 19, 1940.
Children: 1. Hjaltfríður 2. Guðrún 3. Magnúsína 4. Guðmundur. Jón Atli also had Jóhanna Kristín b. 1884.
Jón Atli and Guðbjörg came west in 1888 and settled near Mountain, N. Dakota. They moved north to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1891, moved from there in 1894 to Sandy Bay on the west side of Lake Manitoba. Lastly, they moved to Marshland near Gladstone southwest of Langruth, Manitoba in 1902. See more about Guðbjörg below in Íslensk arfleifð.