Laura S Guðnason

ID: 20339
Born west
Date of birth : 1919

Laura Sigríður Guðnason was born on December 10, 1919 in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan.

Spouse: Hallgrímur Jóhann Indriðason b. in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan in 1919, d. in British Columbia in 1977. He had the last name Skordal in the west.

Children: 1. Linda 2. Douglas 3. Dennis 4. Kenneth.

Laura was the daughter of Sigurður Árni Guðnason and Sveinbjörg Sveinsdóttir Kjarval in the Lakes settlement (Vatnabyggð) in Saskatchewan. Hallgrímur’s parents were Indriði Guðmundsson and Guðný Jónsdóttir in the Kandahar-Dafoe settlement in Saskatchewan. His mother died there in 1924 and was taken in as a foster child by J.B. Jónsson and his wife in Kandahar. Hallgrímur and Laura lived on his foster parents’ land until 1955, then moved to Nelson, British Columbia.