ID: 19972
Born west
Date of birth : 1898
Óskar Gunnar Gunnarsson was born at Red Deer Point, Manitoba on March 18, 1898.
Spouse: Patronella Björnsdóttir b. in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Norma Sigríður b. March 16, 1930 2. Búi Oscar b. November 27, 1921.
Óskar was the son of Gunnars Friðriksson and Guðrún Helga Jörundsdóttir in Winnipegosis. Patronella was the daughter of Björns Sigurðsson Crawford and Sigríður Pétursdóttir who came west from Barðastrandarsýsla in 1888 and settled in Winnipegosis in 1899. Óskar’s and Patronella’s paths crossed in Winnipegosis from where Óskar fished in Lake Manitoba for years.