ID: 6455
Date of birth : 1878
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1964
Gróa Guðmundsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1878. She died in 1964 in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.
Spouse: July 3, 1902 Hannes Guðjónsson b. 1871 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. 1953.
Children: 1. Anna 2. Sigurveig 3. Guðjón 4. Aðalbjörg Sumarrós 5. Petrína (Petra).
Hannes came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889 and moved on to his brother Halldór in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. He moved to Winnipegosis, Manitoba shortly after the turn of the century and was there until 1906 when on July 3, they moved onto their land in the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. They lived in the Wynyard area.