ID: 12101
Date of birth : 1873
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1954
Guðmundur Ólafsson was born in N. Múlasýsla on April 3, 1873, d. in Golden, British Columbia on December 30, 1954.
Spouse: Amelia b. in Minnesota of Norwegian descent.
Children: 1. Bertha b. 1904 2. Clarence b. 1908 3. Norman b. 1909 4. Raymond b. 1914 5. Helga b. 1916 6. Janette b. 1922 7. Duane b. 1924.
Guðmundur came west to Canada in 1879 with his parents, Ólafur Rafnsson and Ragnhildur Þorvarðardóttir, of N. Múlasýsla. They traveled to Winnipeg. Guðmundur became a carpenter and worked widely in both Western Canada and the United States.