Guðrún Björnsdóttir

ID: 5830
Date of birth : 1871
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1929

Guðrún Björnsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on June 7, 1871. She died on July 21, 1929 in Manitoba.

Spouse: October 9, 1894 Andrés Frímann Andrésson b. at Fagranes in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on June 26, 1856, d. June 6, 1926. He is registered with the last name Reykdal in the west.

Children: They had no children but took in two foster children: 1. Guðrún (Runa) Anna. She was the daughter of Hólmfríður Andrésdóttir, Andrés’ sister, and Tryggvi Ingjaldsson 2. Mabel Sigríður b. in Grafton, N. Dakota on March 23, 1910

Andrés came west alone to Winnipeg in 1882. Guðrún came west in 1883 with her parents Björn Stefán Jósefsson and Margrét Stefánsdóttir. Andrés and Guðrún lived in Headingley from 1894 to 1905, that year they moved to Winnipeg. From there the road led to Arborg.