ID: 3274
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : Gullbringusýsla
Date of death : 1927
Guðlaug Helgadóttir was born on December 26, 1857 in Gullbringusýsla. She died on November 1, 1927 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Eiríkur Eiríksson b. July 28, 1861 in Mýrasýsla. He died in New Iceland on February 19, 1934.
Children: 1. Herdís b. August 30, 1886 2. Guðrún b. July 14, 1889 3. Hólmfríður b. February 28, 1894, d. February 26, 1935 4. Anna Helga b. May 15, 1897.
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1890 and settled in the Árnes Settlement in New Iceland. Eiríkur bought land there in 1895 and named is farm Kárastaðir because he thought it was rather windy there.