ID: 20170
Date of birth : 1867
Gunnar Karvelsson was born on February 22, 1867 in S. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: Guðrún Sigfríður Sigurðardóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla in 1874, d. 1916.
Children: 1. Sigrún b. 1907 2. Hólmfríður Aðalheiður b. 1912 3. Haraldur Sigurður b. 1912, twin. Jónas Samúelsson and his wife Ingibjörg took in Guðrún as a foster after her mother died.
They came west in 1906 and went to Gunnar’s brother, Halldór, in Gimli in New Iceland. After almost two years, they moved to Point Roberts, Washington and settled there. Gunnar lived there until 1921, then moved to Blaine.