When Jón Gudmundsson was born in 1773, in Lundur, Borgarfjarðarsýsla, Western, Iceland, his father, Gudmundur Jonsson, was 33 and his mother, Gudny Eyjolfsdottir, was 28. He married Gudni Jónsdóttir in 1800, in Saurbær, Húnabyggð, Northwest, Iceland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 26 October 1834, in his hometown, at the age of 61.
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Volcanic eruptions in occur ruining the land which led to the starvation of animals and approx 25% of the Icelandic people.
The Althing was abolished by the Danish king.
Norway enters union with Sweden. Iceland remains under Danish rule.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Gudmundsson: patronymic from the personal name Gudmund, from Old Norse Guthmundr, composed of the elements guth ‘god’ + mundr ‘protection’.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Gudmundsen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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