ID: 11363
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1889
Gunnhildur Magnúsdóttir was born in 1853 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Minnesota in 1889.
Spouse: September 18, 1874 Benjamín Þorgrímsson b. in N. Múlasýsla on December 24, 1844. He died on March 31, 1918 in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Magnús (Michael) b. April 19, 1875 2. Jón Þorgrímur b. 1878 3. Jónatan b. 1879 4. Henry (Árni) b. 1880 5. Guðrún b. 1882, d. September 11, 1900. 6. Carl b. 1885 7. Leslie 8. Kristín (Stina) Sigríður b. November 30, 1888 9. Pétur B. b. November 30, 1887 10. Gunnar b. May 12, 1889.
They came west in 1879 and settled in the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota.
Some family members took their father’s last name Thorgrimson, others Benjaminson. Magnús reunited the family with the last name Norland.