ID: 19239
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1883
Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir was born on June 8, 1849 in Dalasýsla. She died in Winnipeg on 1883.
Spouse: Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson b. in Dalasýsla on January 5, 1850, d. in Lundar on November 12, 1930.
Children: 1. Þorbjörg b. July 30, 1874, d. September 13, 1901 in Winnipeg 2. Þuríður b. May 29, 1877, d. April 22, 1961 3. Sigríður Margrét b. 1876, did not come west.
Sigurbjörn and Guðrún came west with their daughters to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883. The journey proved to be too much for Guðrún and she died in Winnipeg just a few weeks after arriving there. Sigurbjörn placed his daughters with friends in the city while he worked on the railway outside the city.