ID: 1013
Date of birth : 1880
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1951
Ögmundur Ögmundsson was born in Hrunamannahreppur in Árnessýsla on July 2, 1880, d. in British Columbia on August 1, 1951.
Spouse: 1906 Engilráð Bjarnadóttir b. May 13, 1881, d. in British Columbia in 1955.
Children: 1. Elín 2. Þorbjörg Sesselja 3. Fjóla 4. Lilja 5. Matthildur 6. Kjartan 7. Bjarni 8. Hermann.
Ögmundur emigrated with his parents in 1888. They settled in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. Engilráð came west to Winnipeg in 1883 with her parents, Bjarni Stefánsson and Elín Eiríksdóttir, pioneer settlers in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan. Ögmundur and Engilráð moved to the Lakes Settlement (Vatnabyggð) and made their home near Elfros. They moved from there to Winnipegosis and later west to the Pacific coast.