Guðrún Einarsdóttir

ID: 13027
Date of birth : 1854
Date of death : 1929

Guðrún Einarsdóttir was born on November 4, 1854 in N. Múlasýsla. She died on March 7, 1929 in the Akra settlement in N. Dakota.

Spouse: Matúsalem Ólason b. in N. Múlasýsla on May 14, 1850, d. in N. Dakota on October 4, 1935.

Children: 1. Jón b. September 22, 1874 2. Óli b. 1876, d. September 1, 1876 in Gimli 3. Salný b. October 5, 1877, d. 1878 4. Óli b. April 3, 1879 5. Salný b. August 10, 1880 6. Stefán b. March 30, 1882 7. Sigríður b. November 29, 1885 8. Pétur died shortly after birth 9. Guttormur 10. Vigfús Björgvin b. December 22, 1889 11. Guðrún 12. Anna Sigríður b. February 15, 1894 13. Skafti.

Matúsalem (Metúsalem in some resources) and Guðrún came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 with their two youngest sons. They lost Oli just after arriving in Gimli in New Iceland. They lived for four years at Icelandic River (Íslendingafljót), but in 1881 moved to the Akra settlement in N. Dakota and lived there after that.