ID: 19819
Born west
Date of birth : 1913
Place of birth : Lundar
Date of death : 2014
Guðrún Jónsdóttir Photo: Winnipeg Free Press.
Guðrún Jónsdóttir was born in Lundar, Manitoba in 1913. She died in Winnipeg on June 24, 2014. She was known as Runa Hallson, Thorgilson, and Bergthorson in the west.
Spouse: 1) Arnór Stanley Árnason b. July 24, 1915 in Chicago, d. October 11, 1967 in Ashern, Manitoba. 2) 1975 Jón Hallsson (John Oscar) b. 1912, d. 1993.
Children: 1. Ellen 2. Frederick.
Guðrún was the daughter of Jón Pétur Bergþórsson and Petrína Gunnhildur Magnúsdóttir in Lundar. Guðrún cultivated her origins with great care, spoke and wrote beautiful Icelandic. She visited relatives in Iceland several times and cemented the connection with her family.