ID: 10053
Date of birth : 1857
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1936
Guðrún Jónsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on July 14, 1857. She died on March 6, 1936 in Gimli, Manitoba.
Spouse: Kristinn Stefánsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on July 9, 1856, d. in Winnipeg on September 26, 1916.
Childless.
Guðrún came west to Manitoba in 1876 with her parents, Jón Árnason and Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir. They settled in New Iceland, but Guðrún stayed with English-speaking people in Winnipeg. Kristinn came west to Ontario, Canada in 1873. He settled in Muskoka and lived there until 1881 and then moved to Winnipeg where he lived after that.