Gunnlaugur Jónsson

ID: 11113
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1934

 

Gunnlaugur Jónsson  Photo: Dm

Gunnlaugur Jónsson was born in Dalasýsla on October 6, 1853. He died in 1934 in N. Dakota.

Spouse: Sigurrós Sigurðardóttir b. August 26, 1856 in Dalasýsla, d. in childbirth before 1890.

Children: 1.  Guðrún Gunnlaugsdóttir b. August 3, 1886, d. after birth 2. twins b. before 1890, d. at birth.

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and settled in the Víkur Settlement. Gunnlaugur started farming there, but stopped after a few years and delivered mail between Mountain and Edinburg, N. Dakota after that.