ID: 10600
Date of birth : 1862
Place of birth : N. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1910
Guðleif Stefánsdóttir was born on July 28, 1862 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died on October 29, 1910 in the Vallar Settlement in Saskatchewan. She took the last name Einarson in the west.
Spouse: Benjamín Einarsson b. May 1, 1864, d. August 31, 1904 in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Líneik b. September 25, 1892 2. Höskuldur 3. Bismarck 4. Laufey 5. Parmis.
Guðleif came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1888 while Benjamín came there a year later. They first lived in N. Dakota, but their path led them to the Grunnavatn Settlement in Manitoba. Guðlaug was a widow and a mother of five children when she moved west to Gerald, Saskatchewan. A house was built for her on Þorsteinn Gíslason’s land and she lived there.