Guðrún Aradóttir

ID: 2605
Date of birth : 1846
Date of death : 1895

Guðrún Aradóttir was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on September 19, 1846. She died on December 25, 1898 in Gimli.

Spouse: Sólmundur Símonarson b. July 9, 1845 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, d. March 1, 1926 in Fljótsbyggð in Manitoba.

Children: 1. Jóhann b. 1873 2. Guðrún b. 1877 3. Margrét b. 1878 4. Guðmundur b. November 3, 1879 5. Jóhann Júlíus b. 1884 6. Kári b. 1888. 7. Guðný.

Guðrún was the daughter of Ara Jónsson and Margrét Brynjólfsdóttir in Miðteig in Garðasókn. She and Sólmundur came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888, then moved north to Mikley in New Iceland, and lastly to Gimli in 1893.