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Gunnlaugur KRISTMUNDSSON (1880-1949)

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Gunnlaugur KRISTMUNDSSON

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Jul 26, 1880

  • Þverá í Miðfirði, Efranúpssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland1,2

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 0)

  • Þverá, Efranúpssókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 9-10)

  • Ranhólar, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland4

  •  

  • sveitarómagi, living at Bjarni Bjarnason's house

  • Occupation:

  • 1901 (age 20-21)

  • fjármaður og sláttumaður; Sandar, Melssókn í Miðfirði, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 20-21)

  • Sandar, Melssókn í Miðfirði, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland5

  • Occupation:

  • 1910 (age 29-30)

  • barnaskólakennar; [Sólmundur Einarsson], Keflavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • living at Sólmundur Einarsson's house

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 29-30)

  • [Sólmundur Einarsson], Keflavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland6

  • Occupation:

  • 1920 (age 39-40)

  • kennari, sandgræðslumaður; Hafnarfjörður, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Suðurnes, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 39-40)

  • Hafnarfjörður, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Suðurnes, Iceland7

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  • Address: Suðurgata 5

  • Occupation:

  • 1930 (age 49-50)

  • Sandgræðslustjóri og kennari; Hafnarfjörður, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Suðurnes, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 49-50)

  • Hafnarfjörður, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Suðurnes, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Sandgræðslustjóri; Gunnarsholti, Rangárvallahreppur, Keldnasókn, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland1

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Gunnarsholti, Rangárvallahreppur, Keldnasókn, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • Nov 19, 1949 (age 69)

  • Hafnarfjörður, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Suðurnes, Iceland1

Individual Note 1

Gunnlaugur Kristmundsson, teacher and Sandgræðslustjóri. He was born on Þverá in Núpsdalur in Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla in 1880. Gunnlaugur graduated in statistics and then as a teacher from Flensburg in 1905 and studied sand reclamation in Denmark. He worked as a teacher in the winter and sand reclamation in the summer from 1907. Gunnlaugur moved to Hafnarfjörður and was a teacher at the Primary School from 1914 to 1942, when he was appointed Director of Sand Reclamation when the office was established. Gunnlaugur held that position until 1947, but he died in 1949. never married

Individual Note 2

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Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

2.

Icelandic Census 1880.

3.

Ibid. Þverá, Efra-Núpssókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

4.

Icelandic Census 1890. Ranhólar, Staðarbakkasókn, Húnavatnssýsla.

5.

Icelandic Census 1901. Sandar, Melssókn í Miðfirði, Húnavatnssýsla.

6.

Icelandic Census 1910. [Sólmundur Einarsson], Keflavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla.

7.

Icelandic Census 1920. Suðurgata 5, Hafnarfjörður, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður.