Hallgrímur Þorkelsson and Salína Magnúsdóttir Photo: Well Connected
Guðmundur Hallgrímur Þorkelsson: Born May 6, 1866 in Þingeyjarsýsla; died Dec. 9, 1958. He took the name Gottskalksson in the west.
Spouse: December 11, 1889 Salína Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir b. 1875 in N. Múlasýsla, d. March 19, 1942. Foss was the last name of her first husband.
Children: 1. Árni Gottskalk b. Sept. 18, 1890 2. Sesselja Jakobína Sigurbjörg b. Sept. 21, 1893 3. Kristjana (Christiana) Aðalbjörg b. Feb. 9, 1896 4. Salína Friðrika b. May 12, 1898 5. Jóhanna Elizabeth b. March 1, 1900 6. Lilja (Lillian) Margrét b. August 11, 1902 7. Petrína Ágústa Halldóra b. June 25, 1904 8. Jóna Margrét Gottskalksdottir b. Feb. 19, 1907 9. Baldur Erlendur b. August 4, 1909 10. Árni Jakob b. July 19, 1912 11. Grímhildur (Hilda) Ingibjörg b. Feb. 14, 1918. Guðmundur sailed west in 1879 and bought land in the Lincoln County Settlement in Minnesota in 1883. Salína Ingibjörg emigrated west with her parents in 1879 on the same ship as Guðmundur.