Margrét Guðmundsdóttir was born on November 10, 1853 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Minnesota on November 17, 1935.
Spouse: Jón Magnússon b. in 1854 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Minnesota on May 15, 1939. He took the last name Strand in the west.
Children: 1. Guðrún (Rúna) b. 1884 2. Jón Eyjólfur b. June 29, 1887 3. Gunnþórunn b. April 9, 1888 4. Aðalbjörn (Bjorn) b. November 2, 1891 5. Margrét (Maggie) Ólavía b. 1894 6. Þorsteinn (Stone) Björgvin b. June 7, 1896 7. Guðmundur (Charles) b. 1899 8. Karl (Carl) b. August 28, 1900.
Jón emigrated west to Minnesota in 1879 with his parents, Magnús Þorsteinsson and Guðrún Jónsdóttir. Margrét’s parents, Guðmundur Eyjólfsson and Kristín María Guðmundsdóttir, came west to there in 1880. Jón was a farmer in Lincoln County in the first years, but then moved to Minneota.