Guðlaug Jónsdóttir Photo: WtW
Guðlaug María Jónsdóttir was born in 1898 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: 1920 Kristján Halldórsson b. in Lundar on February 27, 1891, d. in Manitoba on September 19, 1956.
Children: 1. Roy Oscar b. in Winnipeg in 1925 2. Doris Guðrún b. 1926 in Lundar.
Guðlaug was the daugther of Jón Eyjólfsson from Breiðavaði in N. Múlasýsla and Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir from Þingmúla in S. Múlasýsla. Kristján was the son of Halldór Halldórsson and Kristín Pálsdóttir who came to the West in 1887 and settled in the Lundar Settlement in Manitoba. Kristján and Guðlaug lived in Winnipeg, moved to Lundar in 1926 and from there to Eriksdale in 1927. Kristján had a machine shop there and sold home and life insurance. The depression hit and he got a job in Winnipeg in 1930 in the office of the insurance company. They stayed there until 1934, then went home to Eriksdale where Kristján opened his new workshop. He worked there until the end of his life.