ID: 4612
Date of birth : 1860
Place of birth : Dalasýsla
Date of death : 1894
Gestur Björnsson: Born in Dalasýsla on February 14, 1860. He drowned in Lake Manitoba on June 30, 1894.
Spouse: Jóna Benediktsdóttir b. July 26, 1865 in Hjarðardal in Ísafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1) Benedikt 2) Halldóra 3) Björn 4) Gestur Oddfinnur.
The family came west in 1892 and settled in the Argyle Settlement. Before long, they moved north to Lake Manitoba. Gestur drowned shortly after and Jóna moved back to Iceland. Benedikt and Björn stayed in the west. Björn was taken in as a foster child and eventually took the last name of his foster parents: Christiansson.