Arnbjörg Bjarnadóttir

ID: 6818
Date of birth : 1893

Arnbjörg Sigríður Bjarnadóttir Photo: VÍÆ II

Arnbjörg Sigríður Bjarnadóttir was born in N. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 26, 1893.

Spouse: December 25, 1913 Guðmundur Ólafsson b. in Manitoba on February 19, 1890, d. November 14, 1963.

Children: 1. Arnbjörg Ástríður Margrét b. November 22, 1914 2. Solveig Lillian Þúríður b. June 25, 1916 3. Florence Guðríður Marcella b. October 23, 1918 4. Lawrence Ólafur Bjarni b. March 12, 1921 5. Harald Kristján Mundi b. March 30, 1923 6. Violet Ellanora Rose b. February 12, 1925.

Arnbjörg came West with her parents, Bjarni Árnason and Ástríður Sigurðardóttir, in 1900.  Guðmundur was the son of Ólafur Guðmundsson and Margrét Kristjánsdóttir who came west in 1887. Arnbjörg and Guðmundur married in Manitoba and began farming. They lived in Saskatchewan many years before moving to Flin Flon, Manitoba in 1935.