Þórarinn Bjarnason

ID: 1512
Date of birth : 1849
Place of birth : V. Skaftafellssýsla
Date of death : 1924

Þórarinn Bjarnason was born on June 17, 1849 in W. Skaftafellssýsla. He died on February 21, 1924 in Springville, Utah.

Spouse: 1) July 28, 1872 Brynhildur Jónsdóttir b. December 9, 1849, d. 1885 2) Ingveldur Ingimundardóttir b. August 15, 1858, d. April 11, 1956.

Children: 1. Rannveig b. 1875 2. Jónína Guðrún b. March 7, 1877, d. March 13, 1959 3. Jóhannes Ágúst Einar b. 1879 4. Stefán b. 1879 5. Gunnar 6. Brynhildur

Þórarinn and Brynhildur emigrated west to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1883 with three of their children:  Rannveig, Gunnar, and Brynhildur.  Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Brynhildur’s mother, brought the other children Jónína, Jóhannes, and  Stefán in 1855. Þórarinn lived a number of years in Spanish Fork, but moved with Ingveldur to Castle Valley and later to Springville, Utah.