ID: 7648
Date of birth : 1820
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1894
Pétur Guðlaugsson was born October 10, 1820 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. Died in Manitoba January 15, 1894.
Spouse: Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir b. in 1832 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Elín Petrína b. 1851 2. Guðlaug Sesselja b. 1861 3. Stefán b. 1863 4. Helga b. 1865 5. Anna Kristín b. 1866 6. Sveinn b. 1869. A Canadian source says they had 19 children.
Elín Petrína emigrated to New Iceland with her husband, Albert Þiðriksson and setttled at Husavick. Stefán emigrated to Winnipeg in 1887, Pétur and Jóhanna a year later. Helga, Anna Kristín and Sveinn traveled with them. They all lived in Manitoba.