ID: 7401
Date of birth : 1852
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1937
Þorlákur Björnsson and Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir
Þorlákur Björnsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on May 15, 1852. He died in N. Dakota on September 24, 1937.
Spouse: Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir b. November 29, 1850 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla, d. August 30, 1916.
Children: 1. Sigurður b. 1880 2. Þóra b. 1883, d. July 18, 1909 3. Björn
They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and went directly south to N. Dakota and took land in the Thingvalla settlement. They sold the land and moved to the Akra settlement and lived there.