ID: 5130
Single parent
Date of birth : 1843
Place of birth : A. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1926
Guðrún Bjarnadóttir was born in E. Skaftafellssýsla on May 17, 1843. She died in N. Dakota on August 1, 1926.
Spouse: Matthías Jónsson d. December 1, 1877 in Iceland.
Children: 1. Jón b. May 4, 1872 2. Bjarni b. September 30, 1877, d. September 6, 1911 in N. Dakota. Daughters Hallbera and Ingibjörg died as young children in Iceland.
Guðrún was a widow when she came west with her sons in 1885. They first went to Winnipeg, Manitoba but then moved south to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota the same year.