Margrét Ögmundsdóttir

ID: 16879
Date of birth : 1890

Margrét Ögmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on October 29, 1890.

Spouse: October 25, 1917 Jón Ragnar Gíslason b. in S. Múlasýsla on February 9, 1884. He had the last name Johnson in the west.

Children: 1. Guðlaug b. September 11, 1918 2. Sólrún b. November 7, 1919 3. Ágúst Sigurður b. January 17, 1921.

Margrét was the daughter of Ögmundur Hansson from Hamarsheiði in Árnessýsla and his wife Sigríður Erlendsdóttir. Information is needed about her in the west. Jón came to the West in 1903 with his parents, Gísli Jónsson and Sólrún Árnadóttir. They came to Manitoba and settled in Gladstone, Manitoba. From there, the road went north to the Siglunes settlement, but after two years there, they settled in Wapah in 1907. Jón raised livestock there on two plots of land and fished in the winter. He handled postal services in the settlement and mail transportation for 30 years.