ID: 9404
Date of birth : 1872
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1918
Margrét Friðbjarnardóttir was born in 1872 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. She died in Manitoba in 1918.
Spouse: Alexander Eldjárn Jónsson b. August 26, 1869 in Höfðahverfi in S. Þingeyjarsýsla. He took the last name Johnson in the west.
Children: 1. Friðjón 2. Ármann 3. Eldjárn 4. Margrét 5. Guðrún 6. Haraldur 7. Jón 8. Viborg Halldóra 9. Lára 10. Elenóra Margrét.
Margrét came west to Winnipeg in 1891. Alexander came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1887 and first lived in the Argyle Settlement. He did not take land immediately, but initially worked for local farmers. He was one of the first to settle in the Hóla Settlement, in the South Cypress area. He moved to Glenboro in 1895.