ID: 8916
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1943
Guðlaug Sigfúsdóttir was born on December 21, 1862 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. She died in Arborg, Manitoba on July 29, 1943.
Spouse: Kristján Sigurðsson b. in Gullbringusýsla in 1859, d. in New Iceland on September 2, 1898. He took the last name Lifmann (Lifman) in the west.
Children: Two foster children: 1. Bjarnþór Jónsson b. August 29, 1884 in Mýrasýsla, d. April 6, 1958 2. Lilja (Lily).
Guðlaug came west to Manitoba in 1876 with her parents, Sigfús Ólafsson and Elín Jónsdóttir, and settled with them in New Iceland. Kristján came west in 1876 with his mother, Oddný Hannesdóttir, and siblings. They also settled in New Iceland and Kristján lived there the rest of his life.