Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir

ID: 7615
Date of birth : 1877
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1955

Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on February 26, 1877. She died in Manitoba on June 25, 1955.

Spouse: 1896 Sigurjón Jónsson was born on August 12, 1864 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla, d. in New Iceland on September 29, 1925.

Children: 1. Þorvaldur b. October 23, 1897 2. Þuríður 3. Þorvaldur Bergsveinn 4. Jón Marínó 5. Ólafur 6. Albert Björgvin 7. Petrína Sigurrós 8. Margrét Kristjana 9. Júlíana Ingibjörg.

Guðrún came west to Winnipeg with her parents, Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson and Þuríður Þorbergsdóttir, in 1887.   Sigurjón came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his brother, Árni, in 1887.  Sigurjón and Guðrún took land in the Árnes Settlement.