Pétur Guðmundsson

ID: 3402
Date of birth : 1853
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1924

Pétur Guðmundsson: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1853. He died in the Geysir Settlement on June 5, 1924.

Spouse: 1) Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir b. 1850 2) Margrét Sigurðardóttir b. 1851

Children: With first wife: 1. Guðmundur b. 1877. With second wife: 1. Sigurður  b. 1888 2. Ragnhildur b. 1890 3. Rannveig b. 1894.

They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1900 and took land in the Geysir Settlement a year later. They called their land Fljótsdalur.