ID: 1124
Date of birth : 1892
Place of birth : Árnessýsla
Date of death : 1940
Bjarni Jasonarson and Guðrún Eiríksdóttir Photo: AÓT 1917
Bjarni Jasonarson was born on September 15, 1862 in Árnessýsla. He died on April 20, 1940 in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan.
Spouse: 1888 Guðrún Eiríksdóttir b. September 8, 1865, d. December 30, 1941.
Children: 1. Jakobína Gróa b. May 3, 1894 2. Jóhanna Helga b. February 19, 1899 3. Þórður Guðbjörn
Bjarni came west alone to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887. Life’s road led him to the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan in 1888 and the couple settled in Foam Lake in 1892.
Guðrún came west with her family in the same year as Bjarni.