Guðjóna Lára Guðnadóttir Photo VÍÆ I
Guðjóna Lára Guðnadóttir was born in the Lögberg settlement in Saskatchewan on February 8, 1891. She died on January 31, 1986. Lára Sigvaldason in the west.
Spouse: 1909 Björn Ingvar Sigvaldason b. in Húnavatnssýsla on April 17, 1878, d. July 14, 1947.
Children: 1. Þórarinn Guðni b. July 16, 1910 2. Ingibjörg Sigrún b. July 23, 1911 3. Anna b. July 1,1912 4. Björn b. August 30, 1913 5. Ingvar b. September 5, 1914 6. Guðrún b. August 15, 1915 7. Lára Guðjóna b. August 15, 1916 8. Kristjana b. February 8, 1918 9. Þórdís b. November 11, 1919 10. Valdína b. April 24, 1921 11. Sigríður Ólöf b. June 9, 1923 12. Jónas b. August 30, 1925 13. Gunnar b. April 1, 1927 14. Jóhannes Einar b. November 26, 1929 15. Beatrice Lillian b. October 13, 1931 16. Margrét Elinora b. September, 2, 1933.
Guðjóna Lára was the daughter of Guðni Jónsson and Þóra Jónsdóttir both from Árnessýsla. Björn came west with his parents in 1883. They took land in the Víðirnes settlement. Björn received a teacher’s license and taught for a while at a school in Lögberg near Churchbridge in Saskatchewan. There he met Lara. They moved to the Víðir settlement in 1910.