Ólafur Bjarnason Photo: VÍÆ I
Ólafur Bjarnason was born in Borgarfjörður eystri in N. Múlasýsla on December 3, 1879.
Spouse: August 3, 1903 Feldís Þorláksdóttir b. October 16, 1881 in N. Múlasýsla.
Children: 1. Jóhann b. October 23, 1903, drowned November 5, 1957 2. Guðmundur Björgvin b. 1904, drowned October 30, 1930 3. Guðrún Sófía b. 1906 4. Herbert b. 1912 5. Jón b. 1904, drowned 1950 6. Victoría b. 1916 7. Ingibjörg b. 1918 8. Alda b. 1920 9. Anna b. 1921 10. Norma b. 1923.
Ólafur amd Feldís moved to Manitoba in 1903 and settled in Gimli. Ólafur contributed to the Icelandic community in Gimli, worked a lot in the Reading Society (Lestrarfélag) and the Icelandic National League. He worked for Armstrong Fisheries for 39 years. Feldís was the daughter of Þorlákur Hallgrímsson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir.