ID: 14319
Date of birth : 1836
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Guðmundur Sveinsson was born in 1836 in N. Múlasýsla.
Spouse: 1) Þórunn Sveinsdóttir b. 1838 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Iceland 2) Guðbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir b. 1850 3) Elínborg.
Children: With Þórunn: 1. Guðrún Margrét b. 1863. With Guðbjörg: 1. Þórunn b. 1872. Guðmundur had another daughter, Vilborg, b. 1862 who went west with him.
Guðmundur emigrated to Ontario in Canada in 1875, stayed there for a few weeks and then moved on to New Iceland. He settled in the Árnes Settlement and named the farm Fornastaðir. They moved in 1881 to Winnipeg.