ID: 3024
Date of birth : 1846
Place of birth : V. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1917
Bjarni Bjarnason Photo: FVTV
Bjarni Bjarnason was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on August 6, 1846. He died in Spanish Fork on August 22, 1917. He took the name Bert Swenson in Utah.
Spouse: Sigríður Jónsdóttir b. September 10, 1832 in Rangárvallasýsla, d. January 21, 1920.
Childless. They had a foster daughter, Þuríður Sigurðardóttir, b. September 13, 1875 in the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar), d. August 28, 1959.
They emigrated west to Utah in 1883 and settled in Spanish Fork.