ID: 19060
Date of birth : 1876
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1921
Gestur Guðmundsson, Kristbjörg Jóelsdóttir and sons Guðmundur, Guðjón og Einar. Photo Brot
Gestur Guðmundsson was born August 3, 1876 in Suður-Múlasýsla. Died January 13, 1921 in New Iceland.
Spouse: 1901 Kristbjörg Jóelsdóttir b. in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1870, d. 1952 in New Iceland.
Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1901 2. Guðjón b. 1903 3. Einar b. 1905 4. Gestur b. 1910 5. Ingigerður b. 1912 6. Guðrún Kristbjörg b. 1915. Kristbjörg had a daughter: 1. Hallfríður Jónsdóttir b. 1890 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla.
Gestur emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1879 and from there to New Iceland. They lived in the Icelandic River Settlement.