ID: 5192
Date of birth : 1886
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Guðmundur and Steinunn with their sons Guðmundur, Pálmi and Aðalsteinn Photo F&F
Guðmundur Sigvaldason: Born in Húnavatnssýsla in 1886.
Spouse: March 2, 1915 Steinunn Ólafía Guðmundsdóttir b. 1895 in Árnessýsla
Children: 1. Guðmundur Sigmar b. September 14, 1916 2. Pálmi b. 20. December, 1919 3. Aðalsteinn Oktavíus b. October 14, 1921 4. Hulda b. May 26, 1929.
Guðmundur was a year old when he came west with his parents in 1887, settling in Framnes in the Geysir Settlement. Guðmundur bought the farm Fögruvalla in the Geysir Settlement from the brothers, Bjarni and Jón. He was successful and later bought Þingvellur from Jón Sveinsson. Steinunn emigrated west from Reykjavík in 1912.