ID: 14361
Date of birth : 1890
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Guðrún Björg Hallgrímsdóttir was born in S. Múlasýsla on May 10, 1890.
Spouse: 1908 Jóhannes Tryggvi Sigurðsson b. in N. Dakota on March 18, 1882.
Children: 1. Laufey Pálína b. 1909 2. Gunnar Einar b. 1910 3. Þórunn Esther b. 1912 4. Stefanía b. 1914 5. Ingibjörg b. 1916 6. Job Sigurður b. 1921 7. Jónína Grace b. 1925 8. Sigurrós Guðfinna b. 1929 9. Friðrika b.1933.
Guðrún Björg Hallgrímsdóttir came west to Manitoba in 1901 with her mother, Stefanía Sigmundsdóttir. Jóhannes’ parents were Job Sigurðsson and Þórunn Bjarnadóttir. He grew up in N. Dakota, but moved to New Iceland after 1900. He moved with his wife onto their land in the Víðir-Sandy Hills Settlement in 1910.