ID: 8229
Single parent
Date of birth : 1874
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1950
Guðrún Ísleifsdóttir was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla on July 22, 1874. She died on February 9, 1950 in the Argyle settlement in Manitoba.
Spouse: 1) Jón Jósefsson b. September 10, 1861, d. November 4, 1898 2) Sigvaldi Brynjólfsson b. August 18,1876, d. January 30, 1949.
Children: With Jón: 1. Friðrik b. 1896 2. Ólína Aðalheiður b. May 3, 1898.
Guðrún came west to Winnipeg with her two children in 1902. Her mother, Rósa Ólafsdóttir, and two brothers arrived there a year later. Her two sisters, Laufey and Margrét, lived in Winnipeg and had come west in 1900. Guðrún and Sigvaldi lived in the Argyle settlement in Manitoba.