ID: 12603
Date of birth : 1814
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1904
Benedikt Gunnlaugsson: Born in N. Múlasýsla in 1814. Died in 1904.
Spouse: Halldóra Jónsdóttir b. in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1816, d. in New Iceland shortly after arriving.
Children: 1. Jóhann Baldvin b. 1848 2. Karólína b. 1856 3. Arnfríður Marja b. 1858. Coming west with them were two foster children: 1. Guðný Jónsdóttir b. 1866 2. Jón Guðmundsson b. 1870.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with their son Jóhann in 1876. Their daughter Karólína and her husband Eyjólfur Jónsson came with them. They settled in New Iceland. Benedikt moved with his son, Jóhann to Winnipeg in 1881 and to the Argyle Settlement in 1883.