Skafti B. Brynjólfsson Photo: Heimskringla
Skafti Brynjólfur Brynjólfsson was born on October 29, 1860 in Húnavatnssýsla. He died in Winnipeg on December 21, 1914.
Spouse: November 1, 1892 Gróa Sigurðardóttur b. 1864 í Húnavatnssýsla, d. 1940 in Manitoba.
Childless.
Skafti came west to Canada in 1874 with his parents, Brynjólfur Brynjólsson and Þórunn Ólafsdóttir. They were in Kinmount, Ontario the first year, but then in the fall of 1875 they settled in Markland, Nova Scotia. They moved from there to Duluth, Minnesota in 1881 and then on to Pembina County where his father had bought land between Mountain and Hallson. Skafti lived there until 1902 when he moved to Winnipeg. Skafti was a legislator in N. Dakota for two terms, from 1890 to 1898. Gróa came west to Ontario, Canada in 1873 with her parents, Sigurður Jón Jóhannesson and Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir. She was with them in Markland, Nova Scotia in 1875-1882 after which they moved to Winnipeg.