ID: 7751
Date of birth : 1820
Place of birth : Skagafjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1896
Björn Jónsson, Sigríður Þorláksdóttir and their daughter Photo FlNÍ
Björn Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1820. He died in N. Dakota in 1896.
Spouse: Sigríður Þorláksdóttir b. 1838, d. October 1, 1918.
Children: 1. Sigríður b. 1856 2. Sigurbjörn b. 1859 3. Ólína b. 1864 4. Jón b. 1866 5. Gísli b. 1871 6. Halldór b. 1872 7. Sigríður b. 1873.
They emigrated west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1876 and then on to the Víðirnes Settlement in New Iceland. They moved to the Beaulieu Settlement west of Hallson, N. Dakota in 1880.