Guðrún Hallgrímsdóttir

ID: 12480
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1935

Guðrún Valgerður Hallgrímsdóttir was born on October 4, 1860 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. October 19, 1935 in Manitoba.

Spouse: Björn Sigurðsson b. at Breiðumýri in Vopnafjörður on October 6, 1853, d. in Glenboro, Manitoba on May 13, 1936. He took the last name Heiðman in the west.

Children:  1. Guðmundur b. 1888 2. Aðalgrímur b. 1893 3. Benedikt b. May 4, 1893 4. Jóhanna b. 1895 5. Jónína b. 1900 6. Magnús b. 1892. Björn also had children with his first wife: 1. Jón Sigbjörn b. 1883 2. Guðrún Jóhanna b. 1886.

Björn came west in 1903 and moved directly to the Hóla Settlement where he bought land of Þorsteinn Jónsson.  He later moved to Glenboro.