Brynjólfur Brynjólfsson Photo: SÍND
Brynjólfur Brynjólfsson was born on August 14, 1829 in Skagafjarðarsýsla. He died in N. Dakota on January 2, 1917.
Spouse: 1852 Þórunn Ólafsdóttir b. 1829 in Skagafjarðarsýsla, d. 1892.
Children: 1. Ólafur Björn b. August 25, 1857, d. May 10, 1921 2. Jónas Benedikt b. 1858 3. Skafti Brynjólfur b. October 29, 1860, d. December 21, 1914 4. Björn Stefán b. November 3, 1864, d. August 7, 1920 5. Magnús b. May 28, 1866, d. July 16, 1910 6. Sigríður b. January 16, 1871, d. October 7, 1918. Brynjólfur had a daughter earlier: Sigríður Dýrleif b. 1849, d. October 7, 1909.
They emigrated west to Ontario, Canada in 1874 and spent a year in Kinmount. They moved east to Markland, Nova Scotia and named his farm Vatnsdal. They moved to Duluth, Minnesota and lived there a year before continuing west to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota. Going west with them was Sigríður Hinriksdóttir, Þórunn’s mother.