Guðmundur Helgason was born on March 16, 1868 in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: 1889 Anna Helga Helgadóttir b. in S. Múlasýsla on September 5, 1865. Children: Childless, but raised these foster children: 1. Sigrún Ingibjörg Gunnlaugsdóttir, Guðmundur’s niece 2. Anna Helga Eiríksdóttir, daughter of Guðmundur’s sister Guðlaugur. 3. Guðmundur Ágúst Þorfinnsson and Kristín Þorfinnsdóttur. Their father was Guðmundur’s brother. Guðmundur came west …
Hjörtur Guðmundsson
Hjörtur Guðmundsson was born on September 27, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla. He died on October 17, 1942. Spouse: 1886 Guðrún Sigurveig Guðmundsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla on March 23, 1860, d. December 4, 1940. Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1885 2. Þuríður b. 1887, d. in Winnipeg 1913 3. Sigurjóna b. 1890 4. Árni b. 1892 5. Anna Sigurlaug b. August 19, 1896 …
Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir
Guðrún Sigurveig Guðmundsdóttir was born in Gullbringusýsla on March 23, 1860. She died on December 4, 1940 in New Iceland. Spouse: 1886 Hjörtur Guðmundsson born September 27, 1853 in Gullbringusýsla. He died on October 17, 1942. Children: 1. Guðrún b. 1885 2. Þuríður b. 1887, d. in Winnipeg 1913 3. Sigurjóna b. 1890 4. Árni b. 1892 5. Anna Sigurlaug b. …
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Helga Sigurðardóttir was born on March 26, 1862 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla. She died on September 13, 1895 in New Iceland. Spouse: Gunnlaugur Helgason was born on February 6, 1859 in Gullbringusýsla. He died in New Iceland on May 20, 1919. Children: 1. Helgi 2. Sigrún Ingibjörg b. in the Árnes Settlement on May 5, 1892, d. February 4, 1963 in Los …
Herdís Hannesdóttir
Herdís Hannesdóttir was born in Árnessýsla in 1827. Died in New Iceland February 18, 1908. She was a widow after her husband Helgi Gunnlaugssonn drowned in 1870. Children: 1. Guðlaug b. 1857 2. Gunnlaugur b. 1858 3. Þorfinnur b. 1865 4. Ísleifur b. 1867 5. Guðmundur b. 1868. Herdís emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1885 along with her sons, Guðlaug, …
Gunnlaugur Helgason
Gunnlaugur Helgason was born on February 6, 1859 in Gullbringusýsla. He died in New Iceland on May 20, 1919. Spouse: Jóhanna Helga Sigurðardóttir b. March 26, 1862 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. September 13, 1895. Children: 1. Helgi Hermann b. January 24, 1888 2. Sigrún Ingibjörg b. in the Árnes Settlement May 5, 1892, d. February 4, 1963 in Los Angeles. Gunnlaugur …
Jóhannes Guðmundsson
Jóhannes Guðmundsson was born in Gullbringusýsla in 1838. Spouse: Solveig Jónsdóttir b. in Gullbringusýsla in 1838. Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1866, d. in Markland 2. Jóveig b. 1867 3. Oddný b. 1869 4. Jónína b. 1872 5. Engmey b. 1876 in Markland. They emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and took land in Markland, Nova Scotia, naming their land …
Árni Einarsson
Árni Einarsson was born in Snæfellsnessýsla on April 4, 1862. He died on December 13, 1948 in the Lundar Settlement. Spouse: 1896 Kristín Magnúsdóttir b. September 20, 1868, d. February 26, 1929. Children: 1. Helga Lilja b. 1897 2. Hólmfríður Salóme b. 1898 3. Albert b. September 3, 1900 4. Friðgeir b. 1903. Árni came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in …
