Þorlákur Guðnason

ID: 9880
Date of birth : 1855
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1934

Þorlákur Guðnason: Born at Kaldbak við Húsavík in S. Þingeyjarsýsla in 1855. He died in 1934.

Spouse: Inga Guðrún Hrólfsdóttir born in Fnjóskadal in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1865. She died in 1940.

Children: 1) Vilhelm 2) Jakob 3) Hólmgeir 4) Steinlaug Sesselja 5) Sigurður 6) Sigurbjörg 7) Laufey Matthildur.

Þorlákur came west with his mother, Guðlaug Hallgrímsdóttir and sister, Petrína in 1887. They settled in the Argyle Settlement where Þorlákur worked with other farmers before renting and eventually buying his land. They lived the rest of their lives in the Settlement. Inga came west alone in 1888.