ID: 7140
Date of birth : 1834
Place of birth : Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Björn Kristjánsson and Guðlaug Pálsdóttir Photo: SÍND
Björn Kristjánsson Skagfjörð was born in Eyjafjarðarsýsla in 1834.
Spouse: 1) Kristrún Sveinungadóttir, they divorced 2) Guðlaug Pálsdóttir b. 1840 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: With Kristrún: 1. Svava. With Guðlaug: 1) Kristján 2) Halldór. Another three children died in childhood.
Björn emigrated west to Rosseau, Ontario in 1873. From there, he traveled to New Iceland, but in 1880 he took land in the Cavalier Settlement east of Akra, N. Dakota.