Björg Elízabet Hallgrímsdóttir was born on November 11, 1864 in N. Múlasýsla. She died in Piney, Manitoba on July 13, 1936, buried in Winnipeg.
Spouse: August 31, 1883 John Franklin McNab, d. in Ontario 1906.
Children: 1. Annie Azelia b. June 7, 1884 in Garðar, N. Dakota 2. Susan Margaret b. October 25, 1885 in Garðar 3. Flora Elizabeth b. July 23, 1887 in Grand Forks, N. Dakota 4. Lily Sarah Katherine b. April 5, 1889 in Brainerd, Minnesota 5. James Archibald b. May 15, 1891 in Ignace, Ontario 6. Olive Christina b. December 18, 1892 in Gardar, N. Dakota 7. Rósa b. January 3, 1895 in Winnipeg 8. Augusta Camellia b. June 27, 1896 in Winnipeg 9. Guðmundur Walter Alexander b. April 14, 1897 in Winnipeg 10. Halldóra Guðrún b. March 12, 1900 in Winnipeg 11. Edna Barbara b. August 20, 1902 in Piney, Manitoba 12. Ethel Francis Gwenoline b. August 17, 1904 in Piney.
Björg came west to New Iceland in 1876 with her parents, Hallgrímur Guðmundsson and Guðrún M. Guðmundsdóttir, and siblings. They moved south to N. Dakota in 1880. Björg and John lived in Garðar from 1883 to 1887, then begins the migration as seen through the birthplaces of their children. From 1887 to 1891, children were born in Grand Forks, N. Dakota, Brainerd, Minnesota, and Ignace, Ontario. They returned to Garður because a child was born there in 1892, but then the road goes north to Winnipeg. Finally, they settled in Piney, in southern Manitoba.