Guðríður Sigurðardóttir

ID: 11790
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1931

Guðríður Sigurðardóttir was born in N. Múlasýsla on July 20, 1849. She died in Saskatchewan on November 10, 1931.

Spouse: June 16, 1880 Guðjón Jónsson born in N. Múlasýsla on September 26, 1847. He died in 1931 in Saskatchewan.  He took the last name Vopni in the west.

Children: 1. Sveinn b. February 6, 1881, d. March 11, 1952 2. Sigurður b. July 15, 1883, d. May 1, 1956 3. Jón Björgvin b. November 28, 1885, d. August 26, 1966 4. Hannes b. September 29, 1887, d. 1889 5. Þórunn Björg b. November 7, 1890 6. Jósefína Málmfríður b. 1893.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1889 and settled in the Argyle Settlement a year later. They moved west and bought land in the Vallar Settlement in western Manitoba in 1900. They continued west and took land in the Vatnabyggð (Lakes Settlement) in Saskatchewan and moved there in 1910. They lived in the Kandahar/Dafoe area.