Guðný Hermína Hermannsdóttir was born in Selkirk, Manitoba on May 7, 1895.
Spouse: December 27, 1912 Oddur Guttormsson b. iní Vopnafjörður, N. Múlasýsla on October 1, 1878.
Children: 1. Hermann Guttormur b. October 4, 1913 2. Snólaug Björg b. August 2, 1916 3. Agnes Guðlaug b. March 31, 1923 4. Þórður Axel b. December 2, 1924 5. Jóhann Magnús b. December 25, 1926 6. Anna Stefanía b. October 12, 1929 7. Irene Diane b. June 17, 1937 8. Lulu Ingibjörg b. June 17, 1937.
Guðný was the daughter of Hermann Guðmundsson and Guðrún Snjólaug Jónsdóttir who lived at Winnipeg Beach. Oddur came to the West in 1893 with his parents, Guttormur Þorsteinsson and Birgitta Jósefsdóttir and siblings. They settled in Manitoba where Oddur became a farmer in Húsavík on Lake Winnipeg. He also fished on the lake.