ID: 3434
Date of birth : 1859
Place of birth : Mýrasýsla
Date of death : 1935
Bjarni Jakobsson was born December 26, 1859 in Mýrasýsla. Died in New Iceland June 28, 1935.
Spouse: December 30, 1887 Halldóra Bjarnadóttir b. July 14, 1895 in Mýrasýsla, d. January 12, 1951.
Children: 1. Bjarni Ágúst b. 1891, d. February 5, 1922 2. Ögmundur Kristinn d. young 3. Jakob 4. Unsteinn Sigmundur 5. Guðlaugur b. December 25, 1897 6. Rannveig.
They emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and homesteaded the following year in Geysir Settlement. Lived there many years but once retired from farming, they moved to their daughter Rannveig who lived in the same settlement with her husband Magnús Ólafsson. Their son Unsteinn Sigmundur took over the old farm..