ID: 5646
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Húnavatnssýsla
Date of death : 1943
Guðrún and Pétur’s home near Arborg, Manitoba Photo: ACU
Guðrún Benjamínsdóttir was born in Húnavatnssýsla on November 7, 1853. She died in 1943 in Manitoba.
Spouse: 1878 Pétur Stefán Guðmundsson b. in Húnavatnssýsla on September 27, 1856, d. 1936 in Manitoba.
Children: 1. Benjamín b. September 22, 1879 2. Guðmundur b. August 25, 1880 3. Ingibjörg Ágústa b. August 13, 1881 4. Davíð b. December 6, 1884 5. Sigurbjartur b. March 22, 1898 6. Guðrún Þórdís b. 1888 7. Kristín Jóhanna b. March 13, 1891 8. Þuríður Steinunn b. 1892.
They came west across the sea in 1883 and settled on land north of Garðar, N. Dakota. From there they moved to the Framnes community in 1901.