Gunnlaugur Vigfússon and Sigríður Jakobsdóttir Photo: AOT
Gunnlaugur Vigfússon was born on June 10, 1860 in S. Múlasýsla. He took the name George Peterson in the west.
Spouse: 1886 Sigríður Espólín Jakobsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on February 26, 1866.
Children: 1. Halldóra Guðbjörg b. in Garðar Settlement, N. Dakota 1886 2. Jakob Pétur b. 1888 3. Kristín Ingiríður b January 3, 1890, d. March 1, 1890 4. Kristín Ingibjörg b. January 8, 1892 5. Jón Vilhjálmur b. January 18, 1894 6. Mable Elín b. May 15, 1896 7. Rósa Sigurlaug b. February 20, 1898 8. Carolina Rannveig b. in Pembina October 9, 1900 9. Theodore Einar b. August 19, 1902 10. Esther Octavia b. July 13, 1904, d. June 15, 1905 11. Haraldur Octavius b. April 5, 1906 12. Oddný Anny Sigríður b. July 15, 1907 13. Erlingur Raymond b. November 22, 1909.
Gunnlaugur came west across the sea in 1876 with his mother, Halldóra Jónsdóttir, and his younger brother Pétur. They went to Duluth, Minnesota and then to Minneota. He moved to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota in 1886 and then to Pembina in 1899.