ID: 10186
Date of birth : 1839
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1898
Gottskálk Þorkelsson was born on May 11, 1839 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He died on April 1, 1898 in Minnesota.
Spouse: 1) Sesselja Gottskálksdóttir b. 1831 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. before 1885 in Minnesota. 2) Kristjana Kolbeinsdóttir b. January 1, 1842 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. February 7, 1925 in Minnesota.
Children: With Sesselja: 1. Guðmundur Hallgrímur b. May 6, 1867 2. Mike b. October 30, 1879 in Minnesota, d. July 9, 1946; he took the name Mike E. Anderson in the west. With Kristjana: 1. Sesselja Ágústa b. December 24, 1885, d. 1973 2. Árni (Ernest) Ingimar b. May 10, 1888.
Gottskálk and Sesselja came west to Minnesota in 1883 and settled in Lincoln County. Kristjana came to Minnesota in 1879 with her sister Sigurbjörg and her family.