Elísabet Geirmundsdóttir

ID: 19154
Born west
Date of birth : 1898
Place of birth : Garðarbyggð

Elísabet Geirmundsdóttir was born in Garðar, N. Dakota on April 9, 1898. She had the name Elizabeth Olgeirson in the west.

Spouse: July 14, 1920 Guðni Jóhannesson b. in Winnipeg on July 4, 1890, d. in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan on November 10, 1968. He had the name Ginn Gillis in the west.

Children:  Bertel Lincoln b. 1921 2. Guðrún Violet b. 1922 3. Lillian Doris b. 1924 4. Twins b. 1931, d. in birth 5. Robert Gene b. 1934.

Elísabet was the daughter of Geirmundur Bjarnason and Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir, and Geirmundur’s parents, Bjarni Olgeirsson and Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir, settled in Eyford, N. Dakota in 1879.  Guðni was the son of Jóhannes Gíslason and Valgerður Stefánsdóttir who came west to Winnipeg in 1887. They moved to Duluth in 1892 and then to Garðar, N. Dakota in 1902. Guðni and Elísabet moved to the Lakes Settlement in 1925.