Margrét Bjarnadóttir

ID: 14393
Date of birth : 1822
Place of birth : S. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1915

Margrét Bjarnadóttir was born on August 14, 1822 in S. Múlasýsla. She died on August 16, 1915 in Minnesota.

Spouse: Runólfur Jónsson was born on December 27, 1826 in N. Múlasýsla. He died on July 24, 1879.

Children: 1. Helga b. September 1, 1851 2. Guðný b. May 14, 1854 3. Jón b. September 1, 1856 4. Bjarni b. January 10, 1858 5. Sigfús b. June 4, 1860 (changed his name to Frank R. Johnson) 6. Guðríður  7. Runólfur (Alec) b. January 9, 1863 8. Sigríður b. May 15, 1864 9. Júlía b. April 1, 1867.

Runólfur and Margrét came west in 1877 and settled in Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota. Their daughter Helga and her daughter, Þórdís Bergvinsdóttir, 2 years old, travelled with them.