Guðbjörg Sigurðardóttir

ID: 18856
Date of birth : 1887
Place of birth : Snæfellsnessýsla
Date of death : 1976

Guðbjörg Sigurjónsdóttir was born on October 24, 1887 in Snæfellsnessýsla. She died in Lundar on October 21, 1976.

Spouse: May 8, 1906 Þórður Sigurðsson b. in Mýrasýsla on July 6, 1880, d. in Lundar on April 5, 1950.

Children: 1. Ragnheiður b. June 27, 1908 2. Grímólfur (Grímur) Jóhann b. June 24, 1909 3. Sigurður (Sam) b. December 20, 1911 4. Steinunn (Steina) b. February 6, 1914 5. Sigurjón Baldur b. November 8, 1919, d. October 10, 1980.

Þórður came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 while Guðbjörg had emigrated with Grímólfur Ólafsson and his family in 1893.  They settled in Mikley and that is where Guðbjörg grew up. She moved to Winnipeg and at age 18 move to the Lundar Settlement. Þórður took land in the community and lived there until 1913 when they moved to Lundar.