ID: 20151
Born west
Date of birth : 1907
Gunnlaugur Helgason was born at Point Roberts in Washington state on October 9, 1907.
Spouse: Ella Magnúsdóttir b. in Blaine, Washington on June 22, 1905.
Children: 1. Robert Magnús b. December 23, 1931 2. Sylvia Dagbjört b. December 23, 1931.
Gunnlaugur was the son of Helgi Þorsteinsson and Dagbjört Dagbjartsdóttur, pioneer settlers in Point Roberts in 1894. Gunnlaugur completed primary school at Point Roberts and nautical studies from a seaman’s school in Seattle. He worked at sea and was a captain from 1919 to 1935, then he stopped fishing and became a farmer at Point Roberts. Ella was the daughter of Magnús Þórðarson and Jóhanna Þorsteinsdóttir in Blaine.