ID: 18801
Date of birth : 1847
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1931
Björn Jón Björnsson: Born in Skagafjordur in 1847. Died 1931.
Spouse: 1875 Ingibjörg Þuríður Brynjólfsdóttir b. 1850. Died 1932.
Children: 1) Brynjólfur Egill b. 1876. Died 1936 2) Lárína Halldóra (Lára) b. 1880. Died 1901. They also raised Elina Andrésdóttir. Her father and Björn were brothers.
They came west in 1888 and settled in the Isafold Settlement. In 1901, they moved and settled in the Framnes Settlement, naming their farm Bjarnastaðahlíð after Ingibjörg’s birthplace in Iceland.