ID: 18578
Born west
Date of birth : 1890
Place of birth : Nýja Ísland
Guðný Björnsdóttir was born on February 21, 1890 in Manitoba.
Spouse: Valdimar Stefánsson b. in New Iceland on October 28, 1889.
Children: 1. Guðfinna Elínborg b. November 23, 1913 2. Stefán Júlíus b. February 13, 1917 3. Pálína b. December 19, 1922.
Guðný was the daughter of Björn Hallgrímur Jónsson and Guðfinna Sigurðardóttir who came west from Dalasýsla in 1887. Valdimar was the son of Stefán Eiríksson and Pálína Sigríður Stefánsdóttir, early pioneers in New Iceland in 1888. He grew up there and lived near Gimli his entire life.