Gunnar Þórarinsson

ID: 1515
Date of birth : 1881
Place of birth : V. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1900

Gunnar Þórarinsson was born on April 25, 1881 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died in a mining accident in Utah on May 1, 1900.

Spouse: February 8, 1900 in Richfield, Utah Isabelle Muir b. December 16, 1880 in Richfield, d. July 28, 1966.

Gunnar emigrated west to Spanish Fork, Utah with his parents in 1883. From there, the family moved to Cleveland, Utah. Gunnar worked in the mines in Winter Quarters near Scofield and he was working there when a big explosion occurred in the mines.